He came with pedigree of course, but Robert Lewandowski still had everything to prove when signing for Barcelona.
He’d done it for an all-conquering Bayern Munich side season in and season out, but could he do the business in a new league and in a side who remain a work in progress rather than the finished article?
Fair play to the Poland international for digging his heels in - if the reports are to be believed - in order to, eventually, push the move to the Catalans through.
Ever since his first start in the Blaugrana, Lewandowski has looked comfortable and at home in a team which he’s helping to lead with aplomb.