Will it ever happen again at St James' Park?
Not in my lifetime I don't think.
Tottenham got a world-record fee for Gareth Bale but head coach Tim Sherwood cannot help feeling they were short-changed.
After a marvellous few years at White Hart Lane, the 24-year-old last summer swapped north London for Real Madrid in a record-breaking 100million euros (£85.3million) deal.
The gargantuan fee raised more than a few eyebrows but Bale has not wilted under the pressure brought by the price tag.
The winger has shone in his debut campaign in Spain and so far netted 20 goals, the latest being Wednesday's outstanding solo strike that secured Madrid the Copa del Rey crown at the expense of Barcelona.
The strength, speed and composure shown by Bale in scoring left onwatchers open-mouthed and reinforced Spurs head coach Sherwood's belief that Tottenham should have got more money for him.
Tim Sherwood: "His fee looks cheap now.
"If he is going to deliver them the European Cup - which it looks like he might - then that looks good business [for Madrid].
"To have Cristiano Ronaldo and Bale - he's a freak of nature what you see there.
"When he was running on the track he'd run past three old ladies eating a hamburger and come back on the pitch, and still be fastest to the ball.
"Look at his goal, he was playing against Barcelona, he's had a great season."
WORLD RECORD TRANSFER HISTORY
2009 £80,000,000 Cristiano Ronaldo Man Utd to Real Madrid
2009 £56,100,000 Kaka AC Milan to Real Madrid
2001 £45,600,000 Zinedine Zidane Juventus to Real Madrid
2000 £37,000,000 Luis Figo Barcelona to Real Madrid
2000 £35,500,000 Hernan Crespo Parma to Lazio
1999 £31,000,000 Christian Vieri Lazio to Inter Milan
1998 £21,900,000 Denilson Sao Paulo to Real Betis
1997 £19,500,000 Ronaldo Barcelona to Inter Milan
1996 £15,000,000 Alan Shearer Blackburn Rovers to Newcastle Utd
1992 £13,000,000 Gianluigi Lentini Torino to AC Milan
1992 £12,500,000 Gianluca Vialli Sampdoria to Juventus
1992 £10,000,000 Jean-Pierre Papin Marseille to AC Milan
1990 £8,000,000 Roberto Baggio Fiorentina to Juventus
1987 £6,000,000 Ruud Gullit PSV Eindhoven to AC Milan
1984 £5,000,000 Diego Maradona Barcelona to Napoli
1982 £3,000,000 Diego Maradona Boca Juniors to Barcelona
1978 £1,700,000 Paolo Rossi Juventus to Lanerossi Vicenza
1975 £1,200,000 Giuseppe Savoldi Bologna to Napoli
1973 £920,000 Johan Cruyff Ajax to Barcelona
1968 £500,000 Pietro Anastasi AS Varese 1910 to Juventus
1963 £250,000 Angelo Sormani AC Mantova to Roma
1961 £142,000 Luis Suarez Barcelona to Inter Milan
1957 £94,000 Omar Sivori River Plate to Juventus
1954 £72,000 Juan Schiaffino Penarol to A.C. Milan
1952 £51,000 Hans Jeppsson Atalanta to Napoli
1932 £23,000 Bernabe Ferreyra Club Atletico Tigre to River Plate
1929 £10,890 David Jack Bolton Wanderers to Arsenal
1925 £6,550 Bob Kelly Burnley to Sunderland
1922 £5,500 Warney Cresswell South Shields to Sunderland
1922 £5,000 Sydney Puddefoot West Ham Utd to Falkirk
1920 £3,500 David Jack Plymouth Argyle to Bolton Wanderers
1914 £2,500 Percy Dawson Hearts to Blackburn Rovers
1913 £1,500 Charlie Roberts Manchester Utd to Oldham Athletic
1905 £1,000 Alf Common Sunderland to Middlesbrough
1904 £700 Andrew McCombie Sunderland to Newcastle Utd
1902 £520 Alf Common Sheffield Utd to Sunderland