Arsenal's inability to spot Andy Cole's scoring prowess from a young age may have cost them Premier League titles.
Cole joined the Gunners' youth setup after leaving school in 1989 but made just one senior club appearance before leaving for Bristol City.
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The striker, who is now in the Premier League Hall of Fame, went on to score an incredible 187 league goals, most of which came at Manchester United.
And speaking on The Rest Is Football podcast, one of the league's all-time greats reflected on how it took him time to solely focus on finding the back of the net.
Alan Shearer asked if it was always about goals for him, but he said: "No. The craziest thing is when I was at Arsenal when I was a kid, they didn't believe I'd score enough goals.
"When I was young for me it wasn't about goals, it was enjoyment, getting more touches of the ball, doing a little bit more.
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"When I gradually moved from Bristol City to Newcastle, that's all Kevin [Keegan] wanted me to do, play in the 18-yard box and score goals.
"So I changed my game to do just that but like I said younger, I always wanted to get on the ball and take players on, just get involved in all the open play."
Cole's spell under Keegan at Newcastle seemed to help project him into one of the league's best ever finishers, eventually at the expense of his former club Arsenal.
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Playing for Man United, whom he joined from Newcastle in 1995, Cole scored a crucial winner on the final day of the 1998/99 season that ultimately won them the league by a point.
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After going 1-0 down against Tottenham, David Beckham equalised before Cole netted an audacious chip in front of the Stretford End.
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It was the first part of United's amazing season coming together.
Within the following ten days, they won the FA Cup and Champions League to seal a historic, first ever treble win.
Cole started in both finals and was firmly established as an integral part of their iconic squad having scored 24 goals that season.
He eventually left United in 2001, winning five of the six Premier League titles that were available across his stint at Old Trafford.
Arsenal won it just once during that time, so it could have been a completely different story had they kept Cole in their ranks.