https://www.scmp.com/rss/521310/feed Manchester United's post-season tour of Asia took place in May 2025 and included games against an Asean XI in Kuala Lumpur and a Hong Kong Select XI en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Former Manchester United managers Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Jose Mourinho were sacked just hours apart on Friday, and bookmakers believe the man currently sitting in the Old Trafford hot seat could soon follow them. Solskjaer, who replaced the Portuguese boss at Old Trafford in December 2018, was shown the door at Besiktas following a disappointing 1-0 aggregate defeat to Swiss side Lausanne in the Uefa Conference League play-off. And later on Friday, Fenerbahce announced Mourinho would be... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3323656/ex-man-united-bosses-solskjaer-mourinho-sacked-hours-apart-bookmakers-say-amorim-next?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3323656/ex-man-united-bosses-solskjaer-mourinho-sacked-hours-apart-bookmakers-say-amorim-next?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:30:07 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara The man who engineered Manchester United’s post-season Asian tour said he was already planning to bring more big clubs to Hong Kong next year. Paul Kam called the Premier League strugglers’ visit a qualified success, after a combined 105,648 people attended games against Asean All-Stars, in Malaysia, and a select XI in Hong Kong. He did not want to comment on whether his ProEvents business recorded a profit or loss from a venture that reportedly earned money-starved United around £8 million... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312719/man-behind-uniteds-asian-tour-already-planning-big-names-visit-hong-kong-2026?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312719/man-behind-uniteds-asian-tour-already-planning-big-names-visit-hong-kong-2026?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Jun 2025 11:00:09 +0000 Cliff Buddle Cliff Buddle A famous English football club playing in Hong Kong is always a special occasion for the city’s fans, who rarely get to watch their heroes perform live. Manchester United, arguably the biggest team in the world, are usually one of the most eagerly anticipated visitors. But they arrived in the city last week under a cloud, at the end of their worst top-flight season in half a century, languishing in 15th place in the English Premier League. United secured victory on Friday, beating a battling... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3312605/top-football-clubs-need-repay-asian-fans-value-money?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3312605/top-football-clubs-need-repay-asian-fans-value-money?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 May 2025 13:15:07 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Four-time Premier League champion Nani has backed former Portugal teammate Ruben Amorim to repeat his Sporting Lisbon exploits with Manchester United. Were it not for the startling turnover of managers since Alex Ferguson’s retirement, Amorim would already be on rocky ground after an unconvincing opening six months. In his previous job at Sporting, Amorim inherited a falling team, and a club that, according to Nani, who had not long left them for the USA, “had big problems on the inside”. The... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312565/ex-man-united-star-nani-backs-reuben-amorim-turn-fallen-premier-league-giants-around?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312565/ex-man-united-star-nani-backs-reuben-amorim-turn-fallen-premier-league-giants-around?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 May 2025 11:00:08 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Ruben Amorim has said it would be “so much fun” to bring Manchester United back to Hong Kong in a future where the club was thriving. Barely 24 hours after they landed in the city, United beat Hong Kong 3-1 on Friday night, before rushing straight for the airport and home. Head coach Amorim’s team had lost to Asean All-Stars in Malaysia 48 hours earlier, amid inevitable rumours over disquiet among a United contingent asked to tag their Asia tour onto the end of a long season. “We want to return... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312571/ruben-amorim-hopes-hong-kong-return-when-manchester-united-have-had-good-results?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312571/ruben-amorim-hopes-hong-kong-return-when-manchester-united-have-had-good-results?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 May 2025 06:00:18 +0000 Andrew Cesare Richardson Andrew Cesare Richardson Supporters savoured Manchester United’s presence in Hong Kong as the English club contributed to a lively spectacle in Friday’s friendly match against the city’s representative team. Playing their second fixture of a two-match Asian tour, United won 3-1 and offered more bang for spectators’ buck than was the case in their midweek defeat by Asean All-Stars. On that previous outing in Kuala Lumpur, they were jeered at full-time and deemed by coach Ruben Amorim to have lacked hunger. Jason and Wing... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312543/manchester-united-end-asia-tour-brighter-note-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312543/manchester-united-end-asia-tour-brighter-note-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 May 2025 22:00:23 +0000 Andrew Cesare Richardson Andrew Cesare Richardson Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim played down suggestions Bruno Fernandes could leave the club this summer. Reports on Friday suggested Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal could be set to launch a bid for the United captain, who was reported to be open to the move, with his agent even pictured in Riyadh. However, speaking after his side’s 3-1 win over Hong Kong, Amorim said he did not expect the 30-year-old to leave Old Trafford. “I don’t think so,” Amorim replied when asked if he thought this was... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312539/manchester-united-boss-amorim-addresses-fernandes-exit-talk-i-dont-think-so?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312539/manchester-united-boss-amorim-addresses-fernandes-exit-talk-i-dont-think-so?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 May 2025 15:12:30 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Teenage striker Chido Obi spared Manchester United’s blushes with a second-half double to inspire the troubled English Premier League club to a 3-1 win over Hong Kong on Friday night. Hong Kong had taken a shock lead when Juninho latched on to a 19th-minute pass from Anson Wong Ho-chun to smack a low shot through the weak defences of Tom Heaton. It generated a giant roar at an excited, rain-swept Hong Kong Stadium. Obi, 17, began the fightback in front of a noisy crowd of 33,098 when he aimed a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312535/manchester-united-stage-comeback-beat-hong-kong-asia-tour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312535/manchester-united-stage-comeback-beat-hong-kong-asia-tour?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 May 2025 14:00:57 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Ashley Westwood has said Hong Kong will treat their game against Manchester United on Friday like a training session, with the hosts’ priority being to help their illustrious opponents “put on a show for fans”. United look ripe for the plucking after their timid loss to Asean All-Stars in Malaysia on Wednesday, but Westwood was adamant he harboured no great ambition to inflict more misery on the club he once played for as a youth. Rather, the Englishman said he was content for his team to play... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312354/hong-kong-keen-help-fragile-manchester-united-put-show-friday-match?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312354/hong-kong-keen-help-fragile-manchester-united-put-show-friday-match?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 May 2025 22:00:19 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Manchester United “cannot hide” from Friday’s match at Hong Kong Stadium, coach Ruben Amorim has said after hearing his opposing boss suggest the players needed their Asian tour “like a hole in the head”. United are set to face Hong Kong in the second and final match of their post-season dash, following a sterile 1-0 loss to Asean All-Stars in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday in which initial cheers turned to full-time jeers. Hong Kong’s head coach Ashley Westwood, a former player in the Old Trafford... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312346/man-utd-cant-hide-hong-kong-amorim-says-after-claim-they-need-tour-hole-head?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312346/man-utd-cant-hide-hong-kong-amorim-says-after-claim-they-need-tour-hole-head?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 May 2025 13:16:25 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Manchester United held a press conference in Hong Kong on Thursday after arriving in the city to play an exhibition match. Head coach Ruben Amorim spoke about Friday’s game against the city’s representative team at Hong Kong Stadium – United’s first fixture in Hong Kong since 2013. United were jeered after losing 1-0 to Asean All-Stars in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. Hong Kong team representatives spoke first at the press conference. You can watch the Post’s broadcast below. https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312325/watch-live-manchester-united-press-conference-after-arrival-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312325/watch-live-manchester-united-press-conference-after-arrival-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 May 2025 10:22:51 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Ruben Amorim said Manchester United supporters should turn out in force for their ailing team’s exhibition game in Hong Kong on Friday, despite admitting his side did not have the “hunger to win every game”. United were jeered after their abject 1-0 loss to Asean All-Stars in Malaysia on Wednesday, as a number of the 72,550 crowd turned on their heroes. Around 10,000 tickets were still available for the 20-time English champions’ meeting with a city select XI at Hong Kong Stadium. And asked why... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312199/after-miserable-malaysia-show-united-boss-tells-hong-kong-fans-why-they-should-watch-team?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312199/after-miserable-malaysia-show-united-boss-tells-hong-kong-fans-why-they-should-watch-team?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 May 2025 01:30:11 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara The only sense of urgency Manchester United showed in Kuala Lumpur last night was on the white-knuckle ride from their W Hotel accommodation to Bukit Jalil National Stadium. It is indicative of the clout United still carry, nonetheless, that they brought the Malaysian capital to a halt, necessitating a police escort to avoid being late for their own party. How it fell flat for the English visitors, who suffered a 1-0 defeat by Asean All-Stars, after Maung Maung Lwin, a winger from Myanmar,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312184/manchester-united-embarrassed-asean-all-stars-fans-see-how-far-idols-have-fallen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312184/manchester-united-embarrassed-asean-all-stars-fans-see-how-far-idols-have-fallen?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 May 2025 15:21:10 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara The man behind Manchester United’s tour of Asia has promised some of the club’s biggest stars would play in Hong Kong on Friday, and pushed back at criticism after it was revealed three would miss the game to attend a sponsor’s event in India. And Paul Kam, chairman of ProEvents, said the Premier League club were “not trying to cheat fans” by sending Harry Maguire, Andre Onana and Diogo Dalot to a meet-and-greet with sponsors Apollo Tyres immediately after Wednesday’s match against Asean... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312078/big-3-miss-hong-kong-game-man-united-not-trying-cheat-fans-promoter-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312078/big-3-miss-hong-kong-game-man-united-not-trying-cheat-fans-promoter-says?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 May 2025 09:30:06 +0000 Lars Hamer,Paul McNamara Lars Hamer,Paul McNamara Tours to the Far East by English Premier League teams may offer commercial windfalls but are much less appealing to players, former stars of three of this summer’s visiting clubs have said. Ex-Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann described as “mad” this week’s Manchester United post-season tour to Asia, days after United lost the Europa League final and completed a dismal domestic season. Former Liverpool midfielder Graeme Souness said he would not have been in favour as a player, while ex-United... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312026/why-are-manchester-united-playing-hong-kong-ex-stars-debate-mad-tour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312026/why-are-manchester-united-playing-hong-kong-ex-stars-debate-mad-tour?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 May 2025 22:00:19 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara An upbeat Ruben Amorim said on Tuesday that Manchester United were entering a new dawn after his squad arrived in Kuala Lumpur to start their post-season tour of Malaysia and Hong Kong. The club’s decision to jet to Asia immediately after they lowered the curtain on a dismal campaign has attracted criticism, amid prevailing concerns over player welfare. But Amorim and midfielder Mason Mount did not appear reluctant tourists as they spoke in a packed, sweltering function room at Kuala Lumpur’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3311994/hong-kong-malaysia-could-be-new-dawn-manchester-united-ruben-amorim?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3311994/hong-kong-malaysia-could-be-new-dawn-manchester-united-ruben-amorim?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 May 2025 12:00:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara While Manchester United’s match in Hong Kong this week gives fans a long-awaited first-hand sighting of their idols, Edwin van der Sar has said the club’s 2005 visit offered rare insights for him, too. The former goalkeeper said his first Far East tour with United, which began in the city, planted the seed for what he later did after hanging up his gloves in 2011. A playing career highlighted by two Champions League triumphs, a 1998 World Cup semi-final with the Netherlands and eight domestic... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3311781/how-manchester-uniteds-2005-trip-hong-kong-paid-van-der-sar?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3311781/how-manchester-uniteds-2005-trip-hong-kong-paid-van-der-sar?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 May 2025 04:12:29 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Manchester United risk failing to sell out their game in Hong Kong this week, despite bringing a star-studded squad on their tour of Asia. According to the ticketing website Cityline, it was still possible to buy tickets ranging from HK$1,990 (US$254) to HK$2,990 for Friday’s clash against a Hong Kong XI, while a limited number at HK$1,390 have also gone unsold. While organisers have declined to say how many have been snapped up, with a limited number priced between HK$390 and HK$1,190 selling... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3311797/man-united-risk-failing-sell-out-hong-kong-match-despite-bringing-fernandes-garnacho?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3311797/man-united-risk-failing-sell-out-hong-kong-match-despite-bringing-fernandes-garnacho?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 May 2025 06:35:32 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Leading football promoter Paul Kam said he was “a quarter of the way” to a deal for a “big European team” to play in Hong Kong in May. Kam, whose ProEvents company is organising Saturday’s FWD Insurance Chinese New Year Cup involving a team of World Legends and a Hong Kong Legends side, said the prospective marquee visitors would be “very popular” with local fans. He previously told the Post he had begun talks with Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool. Both Arsenal and Liverpool could... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3296904/promoter-makes-progress-big-european-team-hong-kong-first-some-football-legends?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3296904/promoter-makes-progress-big-european-team-hong-kong-first-some-football-legends?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Jan 2025 07:08:22 +0000