Christian Pulisic was a big-money signing for Chelsea in January last year.
Chelsea completed a £58million move for the American in January 2019, but loaned him back to Borussia Dortmund for the rest of that season as part of the deal.
That meant his new Blues team-mates, and the supporters, had to wait a few months before they could get to know him.
And his arrival with Chelsea was even further delayed by Pulisic's involvement in the Gold Cup with the States this summer.
The Blues were already on their pre-season tour of the far East by the time Pulisic's international summer was over, meaning he had to make the trip out to Japan by himself.
And he was not exactly given the warmest welcome by his new team-mates.
Speaking to the 13&MEpodcast, Pulisic revealed all about his first involvement with the team.
He said: "It was all pretty crazy what happened. I had to fly straight from my summer break right after the Gold Cup. I had one week off and I didn’t really get a summer. The team had already started pre-season in Japan so I flew straight there and I had to literally fly by myself and then met the team who had flown from London.
"I had to go straight to the hotel and the next thing on the schedule was to go straight to training. I was tired, nervous and didn’t know what to think but ‘I’m at Chelsea and this is insane’.
"I got on the bus, they had just arrived as well. Everyone is half asleep, I go and sit on the bus and nobody even noticed me. Nobody said anything. There were maybe one or two guys who said ‘hey hello’ and I was like what’s going on here?
"Those first couple of days of training I was nervous. You know how it’s like when you move to a new team. They’re nice guys off the field but to earn that respect you have to show on the field you have that ability, that’s just how it is.
"I had to go in on day three when I had a really good training, scored some goals, had some nice plays and assists and then I felt the guys coming and talking to me and getting their respect. It’s interesting how it works but they’ve been great guys and I’ve enjoyed it."
