Liverpool are in talks about playing friendly matches in Japan and Hong Kong as part of a pre-season tour of Asia next summer.
No final decision has been taken with various destinations still on the table as the Premier League leaders consider where best to hone their preparations ahead of the 2025-26 season.
However, games in Japan and Hong Kong are two of the lucrative proposals currently under consideration.
Liverpool haven’t played in Japan since the 2005 World Club Championship final in Yokohama when Rafael Benitez’s side were beaten 1-0 by Sao Paolo.
Earlier this year the club signed a multi-million pound deal with Japan Airlines to become their official airline partner. Japan Airlines have the naming rights to one of Anfield’s main executive lounges and support a number of LFC Foundation charitable projects. Liverpool midfielder Wataru Endo is also captain of Japan’s national team.
Liverpool last visited Hong Kong in the summer of 2017 when they faced Crystal Palace and Leicester City in the Premier League Asia Trophy.
If they return there next July then the venue is likely to be the new 50,000-seater stadium in Kowloon’s Kai Tak Sports Park which will open its doors in 2025.
Liverpool have a huge fanbase in Asia. They played friendly matches in Thailand and Singapore in 2022 before returning to Singapore for two more games 12 months later.
Last summer they toured the United States for the first time since 2019 with games in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Columbia in South Carolina.
The Premier League had hoped that Liverpool would be part of their Summer Series pre-season tournament in the US next summer but that now looks unlikely for the Merseyside club.
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