On the day the Premier League finally kowtowed to the likes of Jurgen Klopp, Ralf Rangnick and their respective clubs, allowing five substitutes to be used because players might get tired, a press release arrived from Old Trafford.
Manchester United will play Liverpool in Bangkok on July 12 in something named ‘The Match’ Centenary Cup. They must mean ‘The Money” Centenary Cup, obviously, but whatever you want to call the friendly, one thing is for sure … it has not been organised with footballers’ welfare in mind. It is to keep the punters in the Far East sweet.
Yep, go halfway around the world in pre-season for nothing other than dollar and then moan about fatigue during a 38-match Premier League season. Covid interrupted the annual wheeze but you know the score by now.
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