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Liverpool CEO Peter Moore reveals why the club won’t be returning to Hong Kong this year for preseason tour
- Anfield club will conduct its preseason tour in the United States for a second consecutive year
- Jurgen Klopp’s side last travelled to Asia in 2017
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Liverpool chief executive Peter Moore has lifted the lid on the reasons behind the Premier League title-challenger’s decision to return to the US for its preseason tour this summer.
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The Merseyside club had been part of a group of sides who alternated their preseason programmes between Asia and the US in recent years, and were most recently in Hong Kong for their summer tour in 2017 before going on to reach the Uefa Champions League final the following season.
Moore, who was in Hong Kong to meet club commercial partners and local supporters’ clubs, said manager Jurgen Klopp was eager to have his team kick off their preseason preparations ahead of the 2019-20 campaign in a more predictable setting than a Southeast Asian summer can offer.
“Jurgen [likes the US] because of the predictability of the conditions, and the facilities are going to be world class,” Moore said.
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“Whilst these are commercial and marketing tours, what Jurgen will always remind us is that these are preseason training tours and he wants top-class facilities. He wants weather that will be predictable,” said Moore, who was born in Liverpool but lived in the US for 40 years before returning to Merseyside in 2017 to take up the role as Liverpool chief executive.
When Liverpool visited the city in July 2017 to participate in the Premier League Asia Trophy, the weather conditions were typically unpredictable for that time of year and Klopp’s team struggled to complete a full training programme during their week-long visit.
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