If Filip Bilbija turns out to be as hard to mark as he is to categorise, Derby County will have a player on their hands. The Rams have described their third summer signing in an abundance of ways. As a ‘midfielder’, an ‘AM’ or attacking midfielder, and a ‘versatile attacker’ capable of playing as a ‘wide man, and as the focal point of the frontline’. But this is not a case of crossed wires in the scouting department, or editorial mix-ups.

Some signings make sense on the pitch. Others make sense in the heart. But every so often, a transfer drops that makes sense on a cosmic, deeply specific Derby County level.