As Manchester City's players walked into the dressing rooms at Lambeau Field following the storm-enforced interruption of their pre-season win against Bayern Munich, television cameras picked up on a revealing conversation between Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland.
Moments earlier Haaland had scored his first goal for the club just 12 minutes into his debut. His new teammate had played a key role; it was Grealish who slid the ball across the face of goal for the 22-year-old striker to prod home.
Following Haaland down the tunnel, Grealish pointed out that the move had played out exactly how they'd planned before the game. READ MORE: Graham Potter explains Marc Cucurella mindset amid Man City transfer interest "Haaland!
I told you!" Grealish shouted. "Exactly, these balls — that's what I like," the striker replied in thanks to the midfielder. "Hey Kal," Grealish called to Kalvin Phillips, "I said to him [Haaland] just before the game 'I'll go down the line'..." The rest of the conversation was out of earshot, but you get the gist of it.