Summer tournaments come and go in a heartbeat.
We spend months waiting for Euro 2016 to roll around, our breaths bated as the qualifiers gave way to pre-tournament training camps and friendlies.
Now, after three short weeks, we're only three games away from the end of it all. It has been a blur and will be missed... even if the quality has been variable.
Soon, attentions will turn back to domestic matters – to Jose and Pep, to Arsene and Jurgen, to Zlatan and Ilkay. There will some big signings to add to those completed so far.
Which Euros stars, though, will linger in our memories when the new season starts? Which would our writers love to be able to watch on a more regular basis on these shores?
Dave Kidd
It's entirely admirable that Gareth Bale won't be heading back to the Premier League any time soon – given that so few British players tend to last very long abroad before heading home, tail between legs.
Bale, who was an outstanding match-winner during his last year at Tottenham, has matured as a man improved even further as a footballer at Real Madrid.
His performances for Wales at the Euros, both on and off the pitch, have confirmed him as the best British footballer of the past 40 years.
It would be wonderful to be able to appreciate his talents in the Premier League again before he is past his peak.
Darren Lewis
He has already signed a new deal with Atletico, but I – and presumably Chelsea – would love to see Antoine Griezmann in the Premier League.
The France finisher has been outstanding during Euro2016 with goals to help his country out of tight spots.
He has also produced performances not only to justify but to enhance his towering reputation.
David Anderson
As great as it would be to see Griezmann, Manuel Neuer or Toni Kroos come to the Premier League, I would love to see Hal Robson-Kanu get a shot at the big time.
Robson-Kanu, 27, is using the Euros to put himself in the shop window as a Bosman signing - and what a great job he is doing selling himself.
His strike against Belgium, complete with Cruyff turn, is one of the goals of the tournament and any player would retire happy after netting a world-class effort like that on such a big stage. He also scored in their opening win over Slovakia and boasts two from his four appearances at the Euros.
Robson-Kanu has spent his entire career outside the Premier League and after coming through Reading's youth system, had loan spells at Swindon and Southend.
The Premier League has more than enough foreigners and I'd like to see a Premier League side take a punt on Robson-Kanu.
OK, he'll never be a Sergio Aguero, but he has shown all the attributes any manager would want in a player and what a fitting reward that would be for him to land a move to a Premier League club.
Ed Malyon
The obvious answer for me is Andres Iniesta .
The Barcelona midfielder is an artist and will go down as one of the greatest players of his generation, so to see him even play a couple of years in the Premier League would be utterly magical.
Sergio Busquets and Gianluigi Buffon are close behind, and are equally unlikely.
Simon Bird
I think that this question should be reversed. The Premier League sucks in many of the world's best players but our own English stars rarely go abroad.
It is time we challenged them to go away to Spain or Germany and Italy and get an education in a different style of football and culture.
But if we are to plunder the Euros I'd like to see more German players brought over here. We have Mesut Ozil and Bastian Schweinsteiger but others could thrive.
Ben Burrows
OK, so he can't move to the Premier League this summer, but wouldn't it be great to see Mats Hummels ply his trade on these shores one day? For his cheekbones alone.
Hummels plays the game so effortlessly and always at his own pace and, as with the very best, makes it look as though time has slowed down every time he's on the ball.
As with many two-footed players, his languidly smooth passing style looks especially pretty whenever he springs Thomas Muller over the top - but it's not all flash.
He can do everything you want from a no-nonsense, rough-and-tumble, old-fashioned centre-back too, and isn't afraid to get his hands dirty when the time his right.
Hummels is a truly modern Swiss army knife defender with a skill set so varied he's grown increasingly integral to how both Dortmund and Germany – and no doubt Bayern going forward – play.
Jack Lang
Attacking talent always attracts the most attention, but it's Italy centre-back Leonardo Bonucci who has done the most to impress me this summer.
The centrepiece of that all-Juventus backline, Bonucci showed the kind of instinctive desire for defending that you rarely see these days. From his tussles with opposition strikers (Romelu Lukaku won't face many harder opponents) to his organisational skills, he was rarely anything less than brilliant.
Add to that his calmness on the ball, plus his knack for pinging 40-yard passes to team-mates, and you're looking at a complete package. No wonder Chelsea are interested.
David McDonnell
It has to be Antoine Griezmann. Such an elegant and formidable player, he has been a joy to watch at Euro 2016.
He has such great feet, picks up dangerous positions, rarely wastes a pass and is deadly in front of goal. He is also an impressive header of the ball for such a relatively small player.
I would love to see him in the Premier League, but having just signed a new deal with Atletico Madrid, we my have to wait a while for that.