However, after a chastening few months, Obi and his Academy team-mates can perhaps provide supporters with that little glimmer to look forward to when United hit the road again in July to prepare for 2025/26.
That date might seem a long way away now, but it will arrive before we know it.
There’s lots of work to do between now and then, by everyone associated with the club, but the great thing about football is that it’s never over – not even when you’ve finished 15th in the league and experienced Europa League final heartbreak.
There’s always more of it to come, with the promise that things can get better.
And Chido has made a good case to be involved when it does.
