English Premier League champions Manchester
United arrived in Bangkok at 8.30am Thursday and superstars like Wayne
Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand and Wilfried Zaha were greeted by a
swarm of football fans there to greet them at Don Mueang airport.
Man Utd's new manager David Moyes, who succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson,
led a number of players and staff to Siriraj hospital to sign the
get-well book for Their Majesties the King and the Queen, while other
team members went to rest at a Four Seasons hotel.
On Thursday afternoon the team was to hold a football clinic at
Singha Football Park at Muang Thong Thani. The Red Devils will conduct
several football clinics during their stay in Thailand.
Man Utd, one of the world's most popular teams, has won its 20th
English Premiership title. The team will play a pre-season friendly
against Thailand's Singha All-Star team on Saturday at 8pm at
Rajamangala National Stadium. The match will be a part of the 80th
anniversary celebration of Singha Corporation, the club's global
partner.
Seventeen Man Utd players are expected to compete in the friendly
match on Saturday - Anders Lindegaard, Ben Amos, Rafael da Silva,
Patrice Evra, Phil Jones, Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, Michael Keane,
Alexander Büttner, Michael Carrick, Jesse Lingard, Adnan Januzaj, Tom
Cleverley, Ryan Giggs, Wilfried Zaha, Danny Welbeck and Wayne Rooney.
However, star players like Dutch striker Robin van Persie and Japan's Shinji Kagawa will miss the match in Bangkok.
They will leave for Sydney on Saturday night after the match. They will also go to Yokohama, Osaka and Hong Kong.
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