Premier League full-backs can finally breathe a sigh of relief after Adama Traore called time on his stay in England to return to where it all began with Barcelona.
The Spain international has spent the best part of seven years in England with spells at Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Wolves respectively but has returned to Catalunya on an initial loan deal.
Commonly associated with his trademark lung-busting sprints through opposing defences - and smothering himself in oil to make it even harder for defenders to stop him - Traore's first spell at the Camp Nou has faded from the memory of most.
But he returns to the Blaugrana having already racked up some notable career moments during a relatively short space of time during his previous breakthrough at the club.
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Born and raised in Catalonia, Traore achieved every local's dream when he became part of the famed La Masia academy aged just eight in 2004.
Traore caught the eye of Barcelona scouts while playing for the neighbouring L'Hospitalet, becoming part of an academy that had produced a throng of talent and which was the envy of the rest of the world: Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas and Lionel Messi, to name just four, all progressing through the hallowed youth set-up in the same way the future Wolves star hoped to.
While it was not to be for the local lad, at least first time around, Traore can look back on his first stint at the club and be proud.
The wide-man fought hard to nail down a place in the Barcelona B side and eventually did after his debut in 2013 at the tender age of 17. However, Traore very nearly didn't make it that far after a serious knee injury nearly scuppered his prospects at the highest level full-stop.
That, and a recurring shoulder injury, are the reason the Spaniard swears by the oil, looking to prevent the kind of interference from defenders that came so close to costing him a career.
"It is a balance of everything. My physical change, evolution, has also been out of necessity," Traore said. "When I was 15, I had knee problems with tendinitis that did not let me play my game or explode with my speed. Then I began to strengthen in the gym.
"I was very explosive and needed to do more specific work to avoid injuries."
Thankfully, Traore and his explosive speed battle on in the face of adversity, though more was to follow in his pursuit of a first-team appearance.
Just a month after making his debut for Barcelona B, Traore claimed his first red card, dismissed for giving away a penalty in a 3-0 defeat that only saw him come at half-time.
Just two weeks later however, Traore received the call from then-manager Gerardo Martino to say he was ready to play in front of the Camp Nou faithful.
Christmas came early for Traore, who replaced Neymar late on during a comfortable 4-0 home win over Granada to send Barcelona six points clear at the top of the La Liga table.
His introduction placed the Spaniard into the record books as (at the time) the ninth-youngest player to make an appearance for the club at just 17 years, nine months and 29 days.
Despite only playing 11 minutes, Traore impressed with his lightning speed and desire to attack defenders; he was named in the match-day squad for a Champions League trip to Dutch giants Ajax just three days later.
At the time a raw prospect, but boss Martino has since shed light on what Traore was like during his first taste of senior football.
"I remember Adama as a boy who was ready for a big leap at Barca. He trained well both physically and 'footballingly'," the former Barcelona boss told De Taco.
"He had the audacity of a skillful young boy who was very much aware of his own potential."
However, Martino would depart in 2014 and just over a year would pass before Traore returned to the first-team fold, making his mark during a rampant display in the Copa del Rey against lowly minnows Huesca, bagging the seventh of eight goals in a stellar 8-1 win.
Yet that was not enough to impress new boss Luis Enrique.
Traore was scarcely used even after his goal and eventually left the club nine months later for the bright lights of Villa Park in a deal that saw the Catalan outfit pocket £7m.
Now he returns to a club where the landscape has drastically shifted from when he first left, with former teammate Xavi now at the helm and tasked with leading the club through a period of intense financial difficulty.
Figures like Iniesta and Lionel Messi have since either retired or left for pastures new, and while stalwarts Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets remain, it is not the European champions he remembers... far from it.
A record of 20 games and one goal this term under Bruno Lage back in the Black Country has led to question marks over whether Traore is actually what Barcelona need, but what can not be questioned is the winger's desire to return to a place he regards as home.
Traore attracted interest from fellow Premier League outfit Tottenham Hotspur, but the 26-year-old was so determined to become part of Xavi's project he has taken a pay-cut to seal his return.
For all the talk of Barcelona's demise in the years after Traore, the player himself has undergone huge change - he returns a physical specimen who has harnessed his explosivity, but has also worked on his decision-making, notably when to slow down and play simple and when to use his physical gifts to wreak havoc.
"My gym work is guided by the personal trainer who takes me," he explained when discussing his often-talked about body type. "But I don't do weights. My genetics are like that and it makes my muscles grow very fast.
"I do other exercises. Each person has to adapt what suits him best. I do a lot of core. The secret is to know your body and adapt the training to your physical condition."
Traore will be desperate to hit the ground running at a ground he only got to play in three times at senior level but he will be well aware he joins a wounded Barcelona looking to build itself back up and return to their former glories.
"I’m very happy to be back at Barça, where I grew up. This is a special moment for me," the winger told BarçaTV+
"I had a conversation with Xavi, I know what he wants from me, I talked to him before signing."
"My biggest goal is to learn, work, and grow everyday. An Adama who is the same as yesterday is a lost day. I also want to learn from the great coach, who has won many titles and is a legend of Barcelona."
If Xavi's tiki-taka teachings eventually become muscle-memory, defences beware as Traore's physical attributes alone are enough to spark fear.
