BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of Thai soccer fans cheered on Liverpool Football Club because the squad flew in to the nation on Sunday, a day after their rivals Manchester United landed forward of a friendly match.
One ecstatic fan acquired his jersey signed by quite a few the gamers.
“This signed by Firmino, this one by Luis Diaz, this one by Thiago Alcantara and this one by Diogo Jota. I’m so excited that I acquired all these signatures,” mentioned Chukkrit Watcharasaksilp, 53, exhibiting off his jersey.
“I’ll body this shirt and hold it on my wall in the home eternally,” he mentioned.
The two Premier League soccer golf equipment will face off in a friendly on Tuesday, the place KPOP star Jackson Wang of boyband GOT7 can be scheduled to carry out.
“We respect United so much, however after we meet them we need to beat them,” Liverpool supervisor Juergen Klopp informed a information convention.
“We see it as an vital take a look at as a result of it’s towards United – and we do not play friendlies,” Klopp mentioned.
Tickets to the sport have offered for as a lot as 25,000 baht ($700), with sponsors nonetheless giving freely tickets on the weekend.
Another fan, 19-year-old Thammanoon Sanjangreed mentioned seeing the gamers up shut was the perfect factor.
“I noticed Virgil Van Dijk, Oxlade-Chamberlain, and Adrian up shut as a result of he was stepping into the van in entrance of me… (it is) higher than spending cash on tickets as a result of I can stand up shut,” he mentioned.
It would be the first such match between abroad golf equipment hosted in Thailand because the pandemic started and is a part of the groups’ pre-season excursions before the Premier League season begins subsequent month.
Liverpool might be heading to Singapore after the match, and United to Melbourne in Australia.
(Writing by Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
