Goncalves was named as the new coach of Angola in October, but only now have Angolan officials confirmed the former youth coach as taking the job on a permanent basis.
And it is believed that Celtic would be willing to listen to offers for the player, who is a product of their own youth system, either on loan or in a permanent transfer.
Instead of curling photographs and yellowing newspapers, we are possessed of a shiny and permanent now, one we flit-click about and so delude ourselves as to our own eternal youth - until, that is, we look down at the wrinkled and liver-spotted hands that rest on the keyboard.