Even if the Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds FIFA's ban on Atletico Madrid's registering of players for two transfer windows, the capital city club will be able to guarantee the return of Luciano Vietto next summer thanks to some small print in his loan deal with Sevilla.
The Andalusians have the option to permanently purchase the Argentine - who provided the match-winning assist against Los Rojiblancos last weekend - at the end of his one-year contract for a fee of 20 million euros, but Atletico have the right to block that deal.
Given that the FIFA ban would not permit Los Colchoneros to re-register the player via a buy-back clause, the club included a third option in the contract that gives them the power to cancel any potential permanent transfer to the Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan.
If they activate that clause then Atletico would have to pay Sevilla compensation, but the amount would be just 3m euros, which is exactly the fee the Andalusian club has had to pay for the one-year loan of the 22-year-old.
In that scenario, all parties would benefit, given that Atletico would ensure they keep Vietto and strengthen their squad during a potential transfer ban, while Monchi, Jorge Sampaoli and co. would have enjoyed a full season of Vietto for free.
Also on loan at Sevilla this campaign is Matias Kranevitter, but his situation is a little different, with his contract not including an option to sign for the Andalusians permanently.
In any case, he has hardly featured in Sampaoli's plans, having made just three LaLiga appearances so far in 2016/17.
Curiously Vietto's contract only contains such a clause for the return match at the Vicente Calderon.
Munir El Haddadi may have similarly played and scored against his parent club Barcelona for Valencia on Saturday, but the Blaugrana were still able to grind out a 3-2 win.
In Andalusia, however, Vietto's delightfully chipped assist for Steven N'Zonzi was enough to sink Diego Simeone's men, handing them their first loss of the campaign.
As such, there will be many in the hierarchy at the Vicente Calderon who now regret allowing Vietto to play that match.
There may even be some who regret allowing him to leave at all.
Sunday afternoon's rivals pulled off one of the biggest deals of the summer transfer window when Sevilla traded Kevin Gameiro to Atletico for a one-year loan of Vietto and 32 million euros - plus a potential 4m more in variables.
While the deal seemed fair at the time and appeared to suit both clubs' interests, most trades have a winner and a loser, with only time able to tell which team would be which.
With Gameiro already 29-years-old, Atletico were confident they knew what they were getting with the Frenchman, namely a striker who has averaged 11 league goals per season and who has proven he can score in LaLiga - which he did 16 times in 2015/16.
Sevilla, on the other hand, were taking in a wildcard 22-year-old, who was still raw and inconsistent but who had sky high potential.
If the clubs were re-enacting the Jack and the Beanstalk fairytale then Sevilla would be playing the role of Jack, receiving the magic beans that could turn out to be fantastically impressive or that could prove to be useless.
So far, Jorge Sampaoli's magic Vietto bean has exceeded expectations, scoring three goals - to equal his tally from last season - and providing three assists across all competitions, while Gameiro has simply met expectations by posting an identical record.
Were both forwards to keep hitting the back of the net at this same rate, they would each finish the LaLiga campaign with 13 goals, an overachievement for the Argentine and par for the course for the Frenchman.
Of course, there is no disputing the fact that Gameiro is currently an all-round better quality striker than Vietto, and one who is helping Antoine Griezmann thrive, but it would be a stretch to label him as so much better that his four-year deal was worth 32 million euros more than Vietto's one-year loan.
Most costly of all, however, could be the three priceless LaLiga points that Los Rojiblancos left out on the Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan pitch on Sunday.
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