Their trips are a blur of people and places as they arrive in the morning, practice in the afternoon, play the next day and get the evening flight out.
As the stopwatch ticks, European football clubs try to make as much money in the shortest possible time on their pre-season tours of Asia. Of course, the official message is that the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool and Inter Milan are selflessly giving back to distant fans by travelling halfway across the world to take part in matches against local opposition.
But the reality is that these kind of money-spinning visits, while arguably damaging local leagues, have become a crucial revenue stream to help pay the inflated salaries of the game's superstars.
Manchester United were planning to spend less than 36 hours on the ground in Kuala Lumpur after arriving at lunchtime on Friday, with tickets to fly out last night after a game against a Malaysia XI. But after Friday's bomb blasts saw the cancellation of their trip to Jakarta, the Red Devils extended their stay, re-arranging their game against the Indonesia All-Stars for tomorrow night in Kuala Lumpur before heading off to South Korea and China later in the week.
Even though they lack the intensity of the English Premier League (EPL), these powder-puff exhibition games are neatly packaged and sold for a sizeable fee to regional TV broadcasters.
Local supporters save up to buy ticket packages that can also include access to training and 'meet and greet' sessions with selected players.