Accordingly, the Old Trafford team will have a trip to Asia, after the 2024-2025 football season ends, sponsored by Snapdragon and Proeventions planned. This is the first time Man United returned to Asia, after winning against Liverpool in Bangkok (Thailand) in July 2022.
Man United will confront ASEAN ALLAS (Southeast Asia Star) at Bukit Jalil National Stadium with a capacity of 84,000 people in Kuala Lumpur on May 28. After that, Bruno and his teammates will move to Hong Kong (China), playing another match on May 30.
The last time Man United came to Kuala Lumpur in 2009 and Hong Kong (China) in 2013. However, in Asia, Man United still has a large number of fans, despite bad achievements over the years.
According to ESPN, the trip in Asia is expected to give Man United the amount of more than 10 million euros. The Manager of Man United Omar Berrada said: "The matches during the trip bring significant additional revenue to help the club stronger, allowing us to continue investing in the success of the pitch."
Earlier, the Old Trafford team has recorded a loss of more than 300 million euros in the past 3 years. That forced the team leadership to take a series of strong measures to save the situation.
For Vietnamese football fans, Man United's tours received great attention. Because the British team will meet the Southeast Asian star team led by the Kim Sang-Sik coach.
At this time, the list of players participating in the match against Man United has not been announced by the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF). However, Mr. Kim Sang-Sik and AFF will definitely choose the best players in the region to attend this match.
On the Vietnamese side, it is likely that goalkeeper Dinh Trieu, midfielder Hoang Duc, Quang Hai and striker Tien Linh, Tuan Hai will participate in the match against Man United. These are all players who have played excellent in ASEAN Cup 2024, the tournament that Vietnam has won. Unfortunately, striker Nguyen Xuan Son - the top scorer and the best player of ASEAN Cup 2024 could not participate due to injury.
According to Thai media, some stars of Thai football such as Chanathip Songkrasin, Suphanat Muanta, Supachai Chaeded, Supachok Sarachat, Pansa Hemviboon ... will also appear in the squad of Southeast Asian stars. In addition, some outstanding players in other countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines ... will also participate in the upcoming special match.
With Man United, it is likely that they also bring the strongest squad to Southeast Asia. However, after a long season (a total of 60 matches if it reaches the Europa League final), they can hardly show the best performance. Not to mention many of their stars will focus on national teams after the trip ends.
