Swansea City will come up against a familiar face next season.
Their former defender, Alfie Mawson, will return to SA1 in the autumn with Fulham.
Or will he? There has been speculation that the centre-back will move on again this summer after suffering back-to-back Premier League relegations. Whatever happens, he will hope that some luck will come his way.
It has been a nightmare 12 months for the centre-back, who was on the cusp of an England breakthrough not so long ago.
He had an outside chance of making Gareth Southgate's World Cup squad for the tournament in Russia.
In March 2018 he was called up to the senior squad. He said at the time : "A lot of people are probably thinking 'how on earth has he got this call-up?'
"It was more of a shock to me than most. When you look at some of the players that missed out, it's crazy.
"A lot of people wouldn't have even heard my name until this call up.
"You know it's down to performing well at certain times, it's down to doing the right things and sometimes it's down to being a nice person.
"For me to say that I could possibly get an England cap in my career, a lot of people can't say that.
"I'm going to take whatever I can from here into my club football and when I'm back at Swansea hopefully I can be a leader more so because I've seen some of the leaders here."
Mawson revealed in the same interview that his usual Sunday routine was spending the morning at a car boot sales with his girlfriend.
He added: "We are in a good position now where we don't really have to do the car boots unless she wants a bit of excitement on a Sunday morning."
Those car boot sales could have been back on the agenda for Mawson last season. He certainly had plenty of time on his hands - more of which later.
Knee surgery put paid to Mawson heading to Russia but in truth he would have missed out anyway. Swansea's relegation saw him swap the Tawe for the Thames in a £13million deal as the Liberty club swept the decks following relegation but his recovery from going under the knife meant he was always playing catch-up for the Cottagers' Premier League return.
Despite spending more than £100million of players, the Londoners had a torrid campaign. Mawson was hooked at half-time in the home draw against Watford early on in the season after a dreadful first 45 minutes, with Fulham winning just one league game in the opening 12 fixtures.
In truth, the Hornets display aside, Mawson was one of the better performers in a porous - and extremely high - backline as managers were chopped and changed with regularity in West London.
Then he suffered one of the most bizarre injuries you'll have ever heard of. "It was a very strange injury. He just changed his boots. It was unbelievable," said Claudio Ranieri in January. "He needs more time. How long? I don't know."
It summed up his - and Fulham's - luck. He was sidelined for almost five months and he made just two appearances at the end of the season - which included a 4-0 home reverse to Newcastle United.
So where did it all go wrong for Mawson? He featured just 16 times for the Cottagers, being on the winning side just four times.
He played under three managers in Slavisa Jokanovic, Ranieri then Scott Parker in a team with no settled XI which had brought in several players who did not gel at all.
He and his team-mates failed to get into a rhythm and the demoralising nature of the defeats - they were battered a number of times last term - meant that garnering team spirit was difficult. And the injury, however ridiculous in nature, must be taken into account.
So what next? Mawson joins a long list of players who left South Wales only to find that the grass isn't always greener. But his exit was inevitable due to Swansea's own predicament and Fulham are indeed far better placed to mount a promotion push than Steve Cooper's side this season. Purely in financial terms, the Cottagers are streets ahead.
Parker's permanent appointment was a bold one but he seems to have steadied the ship in West London. If Mawson can stay fit next term he is a man the manager can build a defence around. That happened at Swansea, where despite his tender years he became a leader of sorts. He clearly is a good player - he simply needs some luck and games to prove it once again. There will probably be interest in him this summer and Fulham will need to balance the books to a certain extent. Could he move on?
At 25 Mawson still has his best years ahead of him; he will hope that they are much better than the past 12 months of his career.
