LIVERPOOL FC TO PLAY FRIENDLIES IN BANGKOK, S'PORE IN JULY

KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 (Bernama) - Liverpool Football Club will play two
friendly games in Bangkok and Singapore in July this year as part of their
pre-season preparation for the 2009-2010 English Premier League campaign and
other tournaments, it was announced Wednesday.

The Reds, who have won the English Premier League 18 times and the European
Champions League five times, will fly direct from their training camp in
Switzerland to play against the Thai national team in Bangkok on July 22 and
the Singapore national team on July 26.

"We have a fantastic group of fans in both Thailand and Singapore and it
will be great to take the lads out there again," manager Rafael Benitez said in
a statement released here.

-- BERNAMA