In an interview with MUTV last night Roy Keane said that he may be playing for a new club next season.
"I would like to play another year or two but I do not think it will be at Manchester United," he said.
"I would be surprised if I was offered a new contract and even if I was, I would not expect it to be until the end of the season but by then I will have already made a decision about what I am going to do.
"There comes a time for everybody when they have to move on and I am prepared to play elsewhere.
"I think it will be good to experience a different dressing room. It wouldn't be an English team though, coming back to Old Trafford and going into the away dressing room would be too hard for me to stomach."
He also admitted he had been expecting to leave the club for the last year and depending on Howe you want to look at it took a swipe at the current coaching staff at OT.
"My gut reaction last season was this would be my last year and I still feel that way," he said. "You have to learn and be prepared to move on. Life will not stop when I leave Manchester United.
"It might be an opportunity to go into management or coaching somewhere else and it is best to make a clean break because coaching at Manchester United doesn't really appeal."
So expect months and months of stories about who will come in to replace him, stories of Fergie begging him to stay, Celtic yes and Celtic no etc This one is no doubt going to roll on and on.