Bilal El Khannouss' short-lived stay at the King Power Stadium was over in a flash.
Indeed, the Moroccan playmaker would only feature for Leicester City across 39 matches in total last season, with the hard-to-contain midfielder an obvious bright spark, during a Premier League campaign that was largely consumed by misery.
Three goals and seven assists would come his way, even as Leicester sank to the Championship without putting much of a fight in, with a curled effort away at Tottenham Hotspur arguably the pick of the bunch.
El Khannouss had ticked off Belgium playing for Genk, and now England with the one-time Premier League title winners, with a permanent escape to Stuttgart just recently confirmed.
Initially signed on loan, the deal had an obligation within it to make his stay in Germany permanent, with Stuttgart rushing to ensure this was upkept, considering he has a stunning eight goals and four assists next to his name from 33 appearances for the Bundesliga giants.
Leicester would have always known that the 21-year-old trickster would move permanently to Stuttgart at the first possible opening, with the Foxes now on the brink of League One, after once spending £21m on El Khannouss' flashy services.
Staggeringly, despite their lowly predicament inside the Championship drop-zone, Gary Rowett's men could be about to fall victim to another eye-catching departure, for a player who is definitely seen as more of a flop than an instant success, unlike the former number 11.
Leicester could lose flop in summer
Amazingly, the rumour mill has now thrown up the possibility that Patson Daka could be on the move to Turkish giants Galatasaray at the end of the season, when his Leicester contract expires.
He has even been alleged to have offered his services to the Super Lig titans, with the hope on his end that he could instantly explode into life, away from the King Power, like El Khannouss.
Daka certainly needs a change of scenery if his limp Leicester performances of recent times are anything to go by, with the Zambian in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, when missing a penalty against Watford, just before the international break.
Failing to put away this spot kick means Daka is stuck on a paltry three league goals for the season, with the Super Lig outfit surely ready to laugh off the former RB Salzburg's striker's advances.
After all, he has only managed to bag a weak 12 goals across his last three campaigns for the Foxes, away from just his Championship woes, with Rowett tossing and turning at night as to who he should pick as his lone centre-forward for some crunch relegation games to come.
Beyond this season, it does feel already written that Daka will take a step away from the King Power, as he explores a change in his career, like El Khannouss.
But, while El Khannouss will be viewed as a whirlwind creative spark who warranted a step-up, the misfiring 27-year-old will just be dismissed as a flop that overstayed his welcome, even if he potentially gets to rub shoulders with the likes of goalscoring superstar, Victor Osimhen.