Portsmouth and Fulham also lined up for summer event
Three English Premier League sides - Liverpool, Portsmouth and Fulham, are being tipped to play in the FA Premier League Asia Trophy 2007 in Hong Kong this summer.
The four-team tournament, which also features the domestic FA Cup winners, will be held at Hong Kong Stadium on July 24 and 27.
A source who has good connections with the EPL said FA Cup holders Liverpool, third in the EPL, Portsmouth (seventh) and Fulham (14th), have all been confirmed for the event, though there were some minor details to be ironed out between the Hong Kong Football Association and the EPL.
'It is almost a done deal,' the source said.
Other parties were more circumspect. Martin Lam Chun-ying, the secretary-general of the Hong Kong Football Association, refused to comment on the identities of the sides.
'I have been negotiating with the EPL for the last couple of weeks and we should be able to finalise the teams shortly. But at this stage we cannot confirm who they are, and a formal announcement will be made very soon,' said Lam.