Twenty goals arrived almost as quickly as the first ten, underlining how effortlessly he turned a struggling side into one that expects magic every time he touches the ball. For a new chapter this deep into a career, that kind of scoring pace borders on absurd.

Four hundred Best Player awards is an absurd haul for any career, and he has stacked the last hundred on top of 300 as if individual dominance were routine. At this scale, being the standout on the pitch isn’t an exception for him — it’s the default setting.