Manchester United get Garnacho boost, Erik ten Hag's speech and staff dash to see Katy Perry

Manchester United fans will be relieved to have seen Alejandro Garnacho walking freely as he made his exit from the Allegiant Stadium on Sunday night.

Garnacho was left out of the squad for the 3-2 defeat to Borussia Dortmund as a precaution but seemed in an upbeat mood after the game. Amad was limping towards the team coach as United prepare to assess his knee injury.

United manager Erik ten Hag gave a brief speech to the players and staff at their dinner in San Diego on Friday night. Ten Hag expressed his gratitude for everyone's hard work and, as demanding as the Dutchman is, club figures say his human touch is underrated.

Ten Hag is a fastidious coach, as we saw firsthand when he moved some training mannequins before the goalkeepers emerged for their session at the University of California San Diego on Saturday. Ten Hag also scrutinises the length of grass as he believes it can prevent injuries.

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The United manager was unimpressed that the grass at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo for United's first friendly of the summer with Leeds was 23 millimetres in length, rather than 22mm. The groundsman was forgiven, for the rainfall the previous evening had caused the grass to grow, so mowers were brought on to trim it back down to 22mm.

Collette Roche, United's chief operating officer, was among the staff members who attended Katy Perry's concert Play at The Theatre at Resorts World. The only snag was that its start time overlapped with United's arrival at Las Vegas Airport on Saturday evening.

Those on the United plane who had tickets rushed off their aircraft to board a bus that was waiting for them on the tarmac at the airport. There was a hasty costume change that Perry would