There are not too many more amenable or affable players than Luke Shaw and the Manchester United left back was confidently holding court in front of a VIP audience on the rooftop of the palatial Fullerton Bay Hotel in Singapore on Sunday, which looks out across to the iconic Marina Bay Sands.

Shaw and team-mates, Diogo Dalot, David De Gea and Mason Greenwood, were there to mark the launch of the official Manchester United Club Collection sunglasses by Maui Jim, the club’s official vision partner, and happily showed off the stylish range.

Shaw took the lead in the ensuing Q&A although there was one left-field question which momentarily threw the group when they were asked if there was a player who usually arrives latest for training. It was quickly conveyed that all the players turn up on time.

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United’s security staff are, understandably, taking no chances with the welfare of the players, who have been closely flanked on the club’s tour of Australia and Asia. Once the event with Maui Jim was over, Shaw, Dalot, De Gea and Greenwood headed downstairs for pictures and interviews.

Still only 17, Greenwood remains shielded from such duties for now, in line with club policy, but the striker’s request to step outside a crowded side room in order to take a seat in a less confined area close to the hotel lobby had first to be vetted by security.