After spending more than a decade at Manchester United, winning seven Premier League titles, few would have begrudged Roy Keane a farewell on his own terms.
Instead, as we now know, the former Nottingham Forest star left Old Trafford under a cloud after an explosive MUTV interview in which he tore into his teammates.
Before then, however, he was dealt the injury blow which would keep him sidelined and allow that frustration to build.