Treat for EPL fans

PETALING JAYA: Local football fans of the English Premier League (EPL) are in for a fantastic treat in July!

Three of the Big Four of the EPL – Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool – will be in town for a 10-day EPL Festival. However, the exact dates have yet to be confirmed.

Football fans can look forward to seeing the likes of Frank Lampard, Fernando Torres and David Luiz (Chelsea); Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri and Robin van Persie (Arsenal); and Steven Gerrard, Raul Meireles and Luis Suarez (Liverpool) in action.

The three teams will take on the national side on three different dates in July.

Manchester United, who make up the Big Four, enjoyed two hugely successful visits here in 2001 and 2009.

This will be the first time that three top English clubs will be in town since the inaugural FAPL Asia Cup in 2003. Then, the teams who came were Birmingham, Newcastle and Chelsea.

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none of them. but i LIKE Liverpool fans for their support through thick and thin

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deal with it

Liverpool, Chelsea to Play in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (Bernama) -- World renown English Premier League (EPL) clubs Liverpool and Chelsea are expected to play friendly matches against the national squad during their Far East Asian Tour in July.

Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) secretary-general Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad said FAM had received the green light from both clubs while the dates for both matches would be announced soon.

"There is also a big possibility that another EPL club will be coming here for a friendly match against the national team. That prospect is still in the discussion stage," he told reporters here Tuesday.

Azzuddin said the dates for the matches between Liverpool and Chelsea would only be three to four days apart and both matches would be played at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil.

"We have had discussions with the National Sports Complex and the management are receptive of the idea," he said.

Though Chelsea has been here a number of times, Liverpool's visit to Malaysia will be the first, since the last planned match against Selangor in 2008 was cancelled.

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