If anything was going to make Erik ten Hag wince in discomfort in Los Angeles on Saturday it was the sight of his new centre-back limping off injured. Leny Yoro has been at Manchester United for less than two weeks but the curse has already got him.
The fitness issues that wrecked most of last season resurfaced ominously early for United on the west coast of America. Yoro’s first-half exit from the SoFi Stadium came after Rasmus Hojlund had already disappeared down the tunnel.
