Sunderland supporters are now strapped in for the 38-game ride of the brand-new Premier League season.
There will be many ups and downs to come on the unforgiving top-flight rollercoaster, but nothing can take away from the fact that Regis Le Bris' Black Cats managed to comfortably cruise to a 3-0 opening day win over a dejected West Ham United side.
Wilson Isidor will be hopeful he can write himself into Sunderland folklore, too, by being the hero who fired home the goals to keep the Black Cats afloat in such a gruelling league.
Isidor's heroics for Sunderland
He has already proven himself to be a goalscoring favourite to the die-hard Wearside masses.
Indeed, the French striker would bag a respectable 13 goals last season across 46 Championship appearances, which included Isidor firing home the opening goal in Sunderland's first leg clash against Coventry City in the playoff semi-finals.
He popped up with another memorable effort against Graham Potter's visitors, as well, as his late effort secured the resounding three points.
However, it will be about maintaining this clinical edge across the full season to come, with Isidor also prone to a goal-shy appearance or two.
When examining that output in the second tier in more detail, it's clear that the former Zenit St. Petersburg man can be wasteful, as seen in him squandering 20 big chances last season, as per Sofascore.
Sunderland's Wilson Isidor
Sunderland's Wilson Isidor
If he is displaying the same carelessness in front of goal in the top-flight down the line, Le Bris' men could well be in danger of suffering an instant relegation.
Therefore, it's no great shock to see that the Black Cats are going after some fresh, clinical targets up top, which includes a major Isidor upgrade potentially joining the camp.
Sunderland could land major upgrade on Isidor
Isidor will already be worrying about competing with Marc Guiu as the young, Chelsea hotshot attempts to make a name for himself on Wearside on a season-long loan deal.
He would be even more anxiety-ridden about his chances at being Sunderland's main marksman moving forward if AS Roma ace Artem Dovbyk were to join the building.
Indeed, as per reports from Italy earlier this week, Le Bris' men and Leeds United are now locked into a battle to win the Ukrainian's services, who is reportedly available for a fee around the £23m mark.
This feels as if it would be a steal, therefore, for a lavish Sunderland side unafraid to splash the cash, especially when you consider Dovbyk's recent goalscoring exploits in both Serie A and La Liga.
Dovbyk - La Liga (23/24) + Serie A (24/25)
Stat
Games played
Goals scored
Assists
Big chances missed
Stats by Sofascore
While the 28-year-old did come up short last season in Serie A next to Isidor's numbers, with one less strike to his name than his French counterpart, it's his blistering form when he was on the books of Girona that will have really caught Sunderland's attention.
Dovbyk would close off his breakout 2023/24 campaign in Spain with a deadly 24 strikes picked up from 36 clashes, coming in at an average of a strike every 109 minutes for the Catalonia-based outfit.
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Isidor, on the contrary, doesn't have such a glittering track record in the top divisions he's called home - away from already breaking his Premier League duck - with zero goals in the senior ranks at AS Monaco, on top of only finding the back of the net a meagre four times, lining up for Zenit.
Amazingly, the 6-foot-2 forward's ice-cold nature in front of goal has even seen him be dubbed as "similar to [Erling] Haaland" by ex-Serie A great Mario Balotelli, alongside being hailed as "elite" by journalist Zach Lowy.
Isidor had his own moments of magic for Sunderland as the Black Cats triumphantly returned to the big time.
But Le Bris will know he can't turn down opportunities such as these to land a major upgrade on his number 18, as Dovbyk prepares to be the spark that guides the underdogs to a comfortable Premier League finish.