BBC Sport's Matt Hobbs
Are Dibling and Everton the perfect match?
Such was his impact for Southampton during the first half of his debut Premier League season, he was hailed as a generational talent and linked with a £100m move to top-six clubs.
Fast forward seven months and the 19-year-old has been the subject of multiple rejected bids, before finally being signed by Everton for significantly less.
So are the Toffees getting a bargain for a young player with a high ceiling, or was Dibling overhyped in the early stages of a campaign which produced just two Premier League goals and no assists?
Firstly, the teenage talent only has two years left on his current contract, meaning the astronomical price tag mentioned in January has subsequently reduced.
Dibling, who made his Premier League debut under former Southampton boss Russell Martin in August last year, also suffered from a drop-off in form in the second half of 2024-25.
This can be partly attributed to the sacking of Martin in December and the subsequent shift to an uber-defensive approach under Ivan Juric and then Simon Rusk - a style of play simply not suited to Dibling's attacking instincts.
But there is no doubt he is a signing based predominantly on potential. Martin, himself, admitted the England Under-21 international "needs the right kind of style and environment to thrive".