Less than 24 hours after the club’s worst season since 1974, an Manchester United squad that included Alejandro Garnacho was scheduled to arrive in Malaysia for a friendly on Monday.
United defeated 10-man Aston Villa 2-0 on Sunday at Old Trafford, but Ruben Amorim, manager, has a significant rebuilding project under way this summer.
Amorim apologized to the fans after finishing 15th in the Premier League and losing 1-0 to Spurs in the Europa League final last week.
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A 32-man squad that included Argentine winger Garnacho flew to Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday for a match against a Southeast Asian XI after beating Villa on Monday.
The Chinese city’s representative team plays a game against the Chinese city on Friday in Hong Kong.
Although tickets were still available on Monday for both games, United hopes that some much-needed revenue will be generated by the two post-season friendlyties.
According to the BBC, the club will make about $10 million (£7.8 million) from the trip.
Garnacho, 20, and his United career look promising now that he and his brother have publicly criticized Amorim’s decision to let him play in the Europa League final.
Even though they didn’t play against Villa, Andre Onana and Luke Shaw, both England defenders, were on the same flight to Asia.
Leny Yoro and Noussair Mazraoui, both of whom United claimed did not travel, are expected to make up the majority of the first-team squad.
This week, Kuala Lumpur is forecasting temperatures of 37 degrees Celsius (99 Fahrenheit), and the 84, 000-capacity Bukit Jalil national stadium will have thunderstorms on the day of the game.
This week’s forecast for Hong Kong, where the humidity will be close to 100%, includes thunderstorms and showers.
The 40, 000-capacity Hong Kong Stadium will host Friday’s game.
After heavy rain had wreaked havoc with the conditions, Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio referred to the playing surface as a “killer pitch” in July 2013.
Source: Channels TV
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