Ralf Rangnick has humbly decided to be the bigger man in the Paul Pogba debacle.
The Frenchman quite clearly wants out at Manchester United after turning down a new deal and allowing his astronomically expensive contract to wind down.
Pogba will walk away from Old Trafford on a free for the second time in June, five years after Man United parted with £89million - a then world-record transfer fee - to bring him home.
Pogba has been out of action with an injury in recent weeks but is nearing a return.
And on Tuesday Man United interim boss Rangnick confirmed he will play the Frenchman within the next few months to, effectively, facilitate him getting a summer move.
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Rangnick said in his press conference: "Why shouldn't [I play] Paul Pogba now after two and a half months of injury?
"He is fully fit again and he also wants to show up. He wants to show the fans of Manchester United, the board, the whole world what kind of player he can be and even if it's only to show enough for a new contract elsewhere, he will be highly motivated to do that and why should I then not play him?
"My contract as a manager is also expiring in the summer. We have the same goal. We have the same ambition to be as successful as we can possibly be in the next three or four months."
Rangnick's comments are very admirable on one hand, and, in some ways, make perfect sense. But they also show the way in which the club has dramatically moved on since the reign of Sir Alex Ferguson.
During his time in charge of Manchester United, Ferguson worked with some of the best players in the world who didn't need to be motivated to win titles.
This certainly made Ferguson's job easier but it isn't where he earned his money.
The Scot was most effective in managing problems, and although he had a squad and facilities other Premier League bosses could only dream about, he was faced with the odd issue during his time in charge.
One problem, in particular, provides an insight into how he would have likely dealt with the Pogba situation at United.
And it's probably fair to say he wouldn't have announced to the press that he intends to play the Frenchman from now until the end of the season to help him achieve a transfer elsewhere.
David Beckham was a star turn in Ferguson's Man United team in 2003 and could have walked into any club in world football.
But Ferguson wasn't convinced he was putting the Red Devils first as his celebrity status grew off the pitch and Real Madrid started showing genuine interest in the Englishman.
Writing in his autobiography, Ferguson recalled: "In his final season with us, we were aware that David's work rate was dropping and we had heard rumours of a flirtation between Real Madrid and David's camp.
"The main issue was that his application-level had dropped from its traditionally stratospheric level.
"He was around 12 feet from me. Between us on the floor lay a row of boots. David swore. I moved towards him, and as I approached I kicked a boot.
"It hit him right above the eye. Of course, he rose to have a go at me and the players stopped him. 'Sit down,' I said. 'You've let your team down. You can argue as much as you like.'
"The next day the story was in the press. In public, an Alice band highlighted the damage inflicted by the boot. It was in those days that I told the board David had to go.
"My message would have been familiar to board members who knew me. The minute a Manchester United player thought he was bigger than the manager, he had to go.
"I used to say, 'The moment the manager loses his authority, you don't have a club. The players will be running it, and then you're in trouble.'"
While it would be unfair to say Rangnick has lost his authority at United or suggest he should react in a similar way to Ferguson, there is evidence the power has finally shifted at Old Trafford.
