Amid the Manchester United exodus this week there is one unhappy player who has been told he's going nowhere. Dean Henderson wanted to leave to play more first-team football but Ralf Rangnick ended that possibility early in the window.
Anthony Martial has got his wish to leave, Donny van de Beek is likely to follow him and Jesse Lingard could go too, but Rangnick felt he couldn't do without Henderson as back-up goalkeeper.
That quartet have started just two Premier League games all season, both of them by Martial, but the risk of anything happening to David de Gea means there is an element of risk to letting Henderson go.
But the days of the two goalkeepers scrapping it out to be first choice are over. They had pretty much equal opportunities last season and there didn't seem to be a whole lot in it, but De Gea's form has been good this season and he has established himself again.
For a player of Henderson's unfiltered ambition playing second fiddle won't do, even at a club as grand as United, so he will be desperate to leave in the summer and kickstart his career.
It's a sign of how quickly things can change for a goalkeeper that when Aaron Ramsdale went to Sheffield United last season he was considered by many to be a downgrade on Henderson. Ramsdale got a move to Arsenal, however, and is now close to usurping Jordan Pickford as England No 1 as well. Meanwhile, Henderson can't even get in the squad now.
If a summer departure for Henderson looks like being a certainty, the next United manager might also have a decision to make over De Gea. His run of form this season has been badly needed, given his pay packet of £375,000-a-week. His contract expires at the end of next season, although United have an option to extend it by another year.
De Gea's form this season has put him in contention for a fifth player of the year award at United but they often follow a similar pattern. When United are having poor seasons De Gea can shine, partly because of the amount of work he has to get through.
His 84 saves this season are a Premier League high, a remarkable 13 more than the next man on the list, Leeds' Illan Meslier. It shows how poor United's defence has been this season and how often they've needed De Gea to bail them out.
That has always been the 31-year-old's strength. De Gea is a brilliant shot-stopper so when the team are under pressure he comes to the fore. But United should be aspiring to offer more control, something Rangnick has already touched on, and if they can attain that there will be less work for the goalkeeper to get through.
That is a situation achieved by Liverpool and Manchester City, who need occasional brilliance from Alisson and Ederson but also have their Brazilian goalkeepers because they are supreme at sweeping outside of their penalty areas - allowing the defence to play a high line - and excellent with the ball at their feet.
That is the role of a modern goalkeeper now, especially for the most successful of teams. It's never been a particular strength for De Gea. If United start to dominate games then there will be less focus on the Spaniard's saves and more on his other attributes.
At this stage it will be interesting to see if a new manager - whoever that may be - decides De Gea is worth another monstrous contract, or if a more modern goalkeeper becomes desirable.
De Gea will undoubtedly go past 500 appearances for United, probably early next season, by which stage there will be a decision brewing over his next contract.
