Exactly 24 hours after the summer transfer window officially closed, Swansea City announced one more surprise as they confirmed the capture of Manuel Benson.
The winger joined the Swans on a season-long loan deal from Burnley to become the club's 12th and final signing of what many fans are describing as their best window since relegation from the Premier League in 2018.
And it's hard to argue with the members of the Jack Army who hold that belief.
Quality additions were sorely needed in midfield following the exits of Joe Allen, and earlier in the year, former captain Matt Grimes.
In fact, similar applied in most areas of the pitch - particularly due to the losses of Harry Darling, Kyle Naughton and Cyrus Christie, combined with the lack of a lethal frontman.
Firstly, huge credit must be given to Swansea's new ownership group - spearheaded by American businessmen Brett Cravatt and Jason Cohen.
They appear to have allowed football people to make the football decisions at the club (sounds simple, doesn't it?) and provided the type of financial backing not received by a manager in the Swansea.com Stadium dug-out since the halcyon days of the top flight.
Their high-profile investors Luka Modric and Snoop Dogg played active roles, too.
Croatia legend Modric actively spoke to transfer targets and laid out the vision of the club in a bid to persuade them to make the switch to south Wales as opposed to linking up with other rival clubs.
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Snoop Dogg's social media activity became a hot topic of discussion among supporters as he wasted no time in connecting with those Modric was attempting to sway to the Swans.
This all came in conjunction with the fact that the pair have been helping to grow the profile of the club worldwide - most recently evidenced when tennis star Carlos Alcaraz, who shares the same agent as Modric, was shown posing with a home Swansea shirt during his US Open campaign.
In terms of the squad, there was a desperate need to clear the decks.
Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Kristian Pedersen, Jerry Yates, Mykola Kuharevich and later Josh Ginnelly were all shipped out - with Florian Bianchini being sent to Portsmouth on loan.
It has meant that - for all of the departures - only centre-back Darling could be deemed a key regular player, and that's certainly not knocking the on and off pitch influence of club icon Allen and others.
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As for the signings themselves, Swansea have brought in some serious talent.
Swansea City summer signings in full
Manuel Benson (loan), Cameron Burgess, Kaelan Casey (loan), Paul Farman, Ethan Galbraith, Adam Idah, Zeidane Inoussa, Ishe Samuels-Smith (loan), Ricardo Santos, Marko Stamenic, Bobby Wales and Malick Yalcouye (loan).
As George Elek – himself a top loan signing for DragonSports this season from @NotTheTop20 - simply says: "I believe Swansea City won the transfer window in the Championship."
The midfield is rightly being talked about, with last year's star Goncalo Franco remaining and being joined by Galbraith, Widell, Stamenic and Yalcouye.
Long-serving Scot Jay Fulton also remains on the books.
Former Manchester United youngster Galbraith won three successive man-of-the-match awards last month and claimed the same accolade on Northern Ireland duty at the weekend - further proving he has an extremely high ceiling.
Elsewhere, the likes of striker Idah and winger Benson have something of a point to prove.
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Benson scored a remarkable 13 goals from out wide as Vincent Kompany's Clarets gained promotion to the Premier League in 2023, although his influence at Turf Moor dramatically waned after that memorable campaign.
It has been a similar story with Idah, who has been a real star at Celtic but will now hope to show his worth in the EFL.
The Republic of Ireland striker does, though, face competition for a place in the starting line-up from Zan Vipotnik.
He has scored in four consecutive matches for club and country, a tremarkable turnaround given the Slovenian looked likely to leave just a few weeks ago.
Santos, Casey and Samuels-Smith provide sufficient cover at the back - with Paul Farman and Bobby Wales doing the same in other areas.
But the fact Swansea went into the final stages needing additions in three areas (up front, left-back cover and at right wing) and then stocked themselves in each of those positions suggests a real alignment and newfound sense of ambition at the club.
"It feels like they are going for it," added Elek.
"It feels like this is the first time we can say Swansea City are spending money in a way that suggests they believe they can challenge to get back to the Premier League."
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