For all the excitement around Chido Obi's promotion to Manchester United's first team in recent weeks, it was never lost on first team head coach Ruben Amorim or academy staff that he would eventually need to take a step back down.
Not because anything was wrong. Far from it. It is just that he needs more minutes than the cameos that are being afforded to him at senior level right now.
Since playing against Chelsea in this competition at the start of February he has played 78 minutes for United's first team across the league and FA Cup.