Manchester United's 800-word tribute to Paul Pogba last week was intended to be the final word on a six-year association that has brought neither player nor club much happiness.
The scale of the farewell jarred given how disappointing Pogba has been at Old Trafford, a club record £89million signing leaving for nothing and being mourned by nobody.
The Frenchman has shown only flashes of brilliance during his time at the club and the second half of that spell has been characterised by long periods of absence from the player and troublemaking from his late agent Mino Raiola.