Ben White made his long-awaited league debut for Brighton & Hove Albion on Monday evening.
Plenty of Leeds United fans tuned into watch their former centre-back in action following his excellent loan spell at Elland Road last season.
Whilst many were pleased to see the defender make his Premier League debut, there was also a hint of sadness to the sight of seeing White in a different shirt after Leeds' failed attempts to sign him permanently this summer.
White was replaced in the second half after picking up an injury - but he had gained plenty of attention from Sky commentators Martin Tyler and Alan Smith before that.
In fact, plenty of fans were delighted to see Leeds mentioned so much in a game between Brighton and Chelsea.
Pre-match, Seagulls boss Graham Potter had backed White to be like a £25m new signing for his side after his form at Leeds.
“We know the progress he’s been making, we know the qualities that he has. But we also know that he’s making a step from the Championship to the Premier League. Our experience of that isn’t so straightforward,” said Potter to Teamtalk.
“Regardless of what anybody thinks, we know there will be some challenges. We know there will be some ups and downs for him. That’s part of being a young player, part of being a player making those steps to where he wants to get to.
“It’s our job to try to help him and to make sure that he can enjoy his football. We want him to be himself, that he can be part of a winning team because that helps players develop.
“On the market, he’s valued at £25million-plus because that’s how it is. And, if you sign a £25millon player, all of a sudden everybody gets very excited.
“It’s not just as easy as that, unfortunately. He’s a new player for us, a player that’s come from outside our group last year and he’s given a different dynamic to the group. We’re pleased.”
He added: “There’s a lot of fuss about the lad from outside and there’s nothing you can do to control that really.
“He’s shown no signs of any problems. He didn’t change his ways when there was lots of speculation around before he signed his contract to after.
“He’s been great from day one, quite calm in everything – like we were – and then you just have to let all the noise from the outside go and in the end we just work.”
