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Samuel Luckhurst

Jose Mourinho's role and Darren Fletcher talks - the making of James Garner into a Manchester United midfielder

The scoreboard at the WACA lists an XI of the greatest Western Australian cricketers, with Dennis Lillee at the tail. Lillee used to pound the Perth crease and in the cool July climate another individual is embarking on sprints.

James Garner is 19 and with a few minutes of men's football to his name. He leaves the WACA as exhausted as a seamer, having clocked more individual sessions during United's ten days in Perth than any other teammate.

Michael Carrick and Kieran McKenna, two proponents of Garner, oversee the sessions each day after training. Garner scores Manchester United's second goal in their opening friendly win against Perth Glory at the Optus Stadium, an Aussie Rules kick away.

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