It was rather telling that Matias Fernandez-Pardo was Newcastle United 's final signing of a rollercoaster summer. This was a pursuit which was anything but straightforward.
The Belgian had been Newcastle 's top target before the window opened, but it was only in the final stages of the summer that the club were able to complete a complex deal following delicate negotiations with Lille.
It was ultimately a tale of two very different forwards on deadline day. On the same afternoon Newcastle announced the rapid Fernandez-Pardo's arrival, towering club-record signing Nick Woltemade finalised his loan move to Juventus.
Woltemade only joined Newcastle last summer, but this has been a window of change on Tyneside. Head coach Eddie Howe stepped down in July and was replaced by Matthias Jaissle just a few weeks before the start of the new campaign.
Captain Bruno Guimaraes was among a handful of key players to leave while eight new signings arrived as Newcastle 's records for spending and sales in a single window were both smashed.
This was the summer which altered the face of the club. A shake-up had been signposted as far back as the spring.