It was Diogo Dalot's misfortune the only time he has trended on Twitter in recent months was when it was mistakenly reported he could leave Manchester United.
The reporter had filed 'Dalot' when he meant another defender whose surname begins with 'Da' - Darmian. Dalot received a sincere apology from the journalist in the mixed zone in Perth last month and they shook hands.
Dalot, 20, played 193 minutes during pre-season and was unused in the final friendly against AC Milan in Cardiff. He checked in at The Lowry the night before United hosted Chelsea but did not make the matchday cut and did not travel to Wolverhampton in midweek.
His compatriot, Jose Mourinho, could be one-eyed with Portuguese players. Joel Pereira was once touted as 'the best Portuguese goalkeeper of the next generation' and Mourinho said after Dalot's debut at Young Boys in September 'everybody could see that he is a 19-year-old player who has more than 10 years to play for Manchester United'.
That shelf life could be shortened by the £45million Aaron Wan-Bissaka, recruited for more than twice as much as the £19m Dalot. Wan-Bissaka was one of the standout performers on pre-season and has extended his form into the competitive campaign, worthy of a reverential tweet from the United Twitter account after the draw with Wolves. Even amid intense competition from two-time Premier League champion Kyle Walker Champins League winner Trent Alexander-Arnold, Wan-Bissaka would be deserving of a senior England promotion next month.
Dalot's first-team aspirations are inauspicious and his versatility has not knocked club captain Ashley Young down the full-back pecking order. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer referred to Young and fellow 30-something substitutes Juan Mata and Nemanja Matic as members of United's leadership group and the trio have evened out the average age of the substitutes.
Against Chelsea, Axel Tuanzebe and Daniel James - both 21 - and Mason Greenwood, 17, had six United starts between them. James and Andreas Pereira swapped roles at Molineux and the Brazilian has lined up just a dozen times for United.
Fellow Portuguese speaker Pereira is pally with Dalot and the Brazilian could serve as a unique advisor to his friend. It was in the programme notes for the third game of the season two years ago that Mourinho reassured unused players their playing time would increase.
"I will be very happy when the Champions League and League Cup start," Mourinho wrote in his programme notes. "Because then I'll have more games and more opportunities to give all of my players the game time they deserve.
"As ever, all the boys are working hard. It might be easy for people to praise the ones who have done so well in the opening games of the season, but I prefer to praise the amazing professionals who are not playing at the moment.
"They might not have played the minutes they would have liked so far, but they are all being very patient and waiting for their opportunity to become important for the team." A similar message from the more avuncular Solskjaer would not go amiss.
Pereira's feet were too itchy and he sealed a late loan move to Valencia that was criticised by Mourinho. "I don't think is the best decision for him, a decision that disappoints me a little bit, because I think he has the potential to be here fighting for a position, for opportunities, and fighting to be a Manchester United player." Pereira's loss was Scott McTominay's gain and he is still playing catch up, partly reprieved by the midfield shortage.
Dalot is not panicking. He asked to play in the behind-closed-doors win over Sheffield United at Carrington on Tuesday whereas others didn't. It reflected well on the 'cut crew' that so many lined up. Darmian was described by a member of the United hierarchy as a 'great professional' and he is not short of respect among the fanbase.
A Wan-Bissaka wobble is inevitable at some stage and that serves as an incentive for Dalot to be ready for when the time comes. He has played productively under Solskjaer as an orthodox right winger, too. There were game-changing impacts as a substitute against Southampton and Paris Saint-Germain and Dalot acquitted himself respectably at Crystal Palace and Arsenal.
United went another summer without recruiting a right-sided forward and no one would pretend Dalot is the long-term fix. While it is vacant of a specialist, it would be logical to utilise Dalot's crossing prowess against aerially-challenged opponents. He has filled in for Luke Shaw at left-back twice and may rather not return there seeing as the second was in the Everton embarrassment in April.
Dalot - and McTominay - still stayed out on the pitch the longest that agonising afternoon to offer appreciation. And an apology.