Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has described his club’s post-season trip to Hong Kong as a “small sacrifice” to reward fans in the region and bring in revenue.
The match will take place just two days after United play a friendly fixture against Asean All Stars in Malaysia, and only five days after their final match of the English Premier League campaign, against Aston Villa.
But Amorim defended the club’s decision to fly his players to the Far East before the June international window, for matches in front of a possible 84,000 fans in Kuala Lumpur and up to 40,000 in Hong Kong.
“We have to look at the context of the club,” Amorim told Sky Sports. “We are raising our tickets [prices] for our fans.
“We are doing all this, so we have also to make sacrifices – and [it] is a small sacrifice. It will be six days and we make contact with our fans around the world.
