Everton announce pre-season Singapore tourny
Everton have announced nice and early that they will be taking part in the Barclays Asia Trophy in pre-season, which will come as music to the ears of many Everton fans.
The club were critised by large numbers of the Everton support for a disastrous last minute pre-season campaign last year, which had led to an awful league campaign.
The tournament will take place over two matchdays – Wednesday, July 15 and Saturday, July 18 – with two matches on each date.
And all Asia Trophy games will be played at the state-of-the-art 55,000 seat National Stadium which opened last year.
The tournament will also include Premier League teams Arsenal and Stoke City and a Singaporean XI too.
Premier League chief executive, Richard Scudamore said: “We are very excited to bring the Barclays Asia Trophy to Singapore for the first time.
“We know Singaporeans love their football and that they are huge fans of the Barclays Premier League.
“Our aim is to put on a tournament worthy of Singapore’s 50th birthday celebrations and for that we have three teams who epitomise the best of our League.
“Everton under Roberto Martinez continue to play an exciting brand of football. Arsenal have some wonderful players and I’m sure they’ll delight their many fans from across Southeast Asia, while Stoke City mix flair with a never-say-die attitude.
“Fans in Singapore should expect our most competitive ever Barclays Asia Trophy.”
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