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Manchester City returned to pre-season training last week and midfielder Jack Grealish was spotted among the players who had reported for duty.
But any immediate hopes of seeing the 30-year-old donning a City shirt once more were dashed on Tuesday night when he missed out on a seat on the plane for the club’s tour of Hong Kong and Seoul over the next 11 days.
Sources have said Grealish continues
Liverpool have 32 players out in America, though a handful have only travelled as it was felt best for them to carry on their individual rehabilitation with the squad than at an empty training ground back home.
With the World Cup this summer, it’s understandable that some key names are still missing though Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak and Ryan Gravenberch will link up with the squad for the second week
United estimate they will generate around £10m from their 14,000-mile, six-day expedition. The payment is not connected to ticket sales, so it is guaranteed.
At a time when their focus in pre-season – both commercially and from a player preparation perspective – is on the United States, where they will go for the third successive summer in July, United’s presence in the region also allows them to ‘service’ existing big-money
Ruben Amorim’s side will also travel to the United States as part of the Premier League’s pre-season tournament between 26 July and 3 August.
United have a significant fan base in Malaysia and Malaysia Airlines is the club’s official commercial airline partner. They last played in the country in 2009 and their previous visit to Hong Kong was in 2013.
Last season, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United flew to Australia