Liverpool Managing Director Mr Ian Ayre (3rd from right) presenting a Liverpool jersey to Datuk Subahan Kamal, FA of Malaysia Vice President (4th from left) after announcing Liverpool FC Asia Tour 2011, yesterday. Accompanied by (from left) Mr San Boon Wah, Mr Julian Kam, Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad, Osman Murad and Gavin Laws. Liverpool FC is delighted to announce they will be playing a Malaysia XI on Saturday July 16th during the Club’s Asia Tour – sponsored by Standard Chartered.
Organised by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur will host the match with kick off at 5:45pm local time. It is the second game to be played in Asia during July with the other match being staged in China.
LFC Managing Director Ian Ayre said: “At Liverpool FC we take these games very seriously. The game in Malaysia will be an important part of our preparations for the 2011/12 campaign and it’s a chance for all our fans in Malaysia to get up close to their heroes.