Manchester United fans better pray they win the league this season because their pre-season for next year is already fucked after the club’s marketing men booked them for an energy-sapping trip to Sydney.
No doubt the purple-nosed one will try to keep most of his stars at home for a game that makes no sense in terms of pre-season preparation, but seeing as the club are contractually obliged to put out a strong team, we can at least expect Anderson to make an appearance.
Jordan-shagging striker Dwight Yorke, who is still celebrated in Sydney for helping the club win the A-League title back when the competition was on a par with Conference-level football , says the game – which will pit United against an A-League All Stars team – will be a one-sided affair. If United bother turning up.
”A full-strength Man United … I’ve got to be honest, it’s not going to be easy for the A-League guys,” Yorke said. ”They are going to find it extremely difficult, but I’m sure it’s a great experience for some of these guys who may not have the opportunity to play against these world-class players like Wayne Rooney and Van Persie. People like Giggsy and Scholesy are still there.”
But while naysayers like BBM think United won’t bother bringing a decent team, the club’s director of communications Phil Townsend assured fans it wouldn’t be a reserve XI.
”I think the main thing to say about the strength of the squad is that there’s obviously not a major tournament here or in Europe or a World Cup so we’ll bring the strongest squad we possibly can,” he said. ”Obviously injuries play their part but we’ll be bringing a very, very strong squad.”
Which sounds kind of similar to the “we’ll put out a very competitive side” line that the big Premier League clubs say just before fielding 11 youth players in the League Cup.
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