Forget telephone calls, emails or even fax machines. Slovenian team Domzale have revealed they used LinkedIn to sign defender Alvaro Brachi during the January transfer window.
The club's coach Luka Elsner posted a message on the career networking website advertising a vacancy for a "very offensive right-back".
Of the numerous responses, Brachi was brought in on a permanent deal following a trial shortly ahead of the deadline.
"NK Domzale only has a small budget, we do not have the money to buy the biggest player," the club's public relations officer Grega Krmavnar told BBC Sport.
"We needed a replacement and could not find one in Slovenia and had no other choice of players. LinkedIn was just an idea from our head coach Luka Elsner, so we decided it would be a good way, so Elsner decided to post it on the site on his profile."We watched footage of the best candidates and analysed them. Brachi was the best candidate and we decided to invite him to Slovenia to train with us on a one-week trial and then signed him.
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