Oh dear, are the club about to be ripped off royally?

Florentino Perez: This is one hell of a sneaky man!

Liverpool have reportedly given Real Madrid a 48-hour deadline to come up with the cash for Xabi Alonso.

Exit strategy: Xabi Alonso lines up against Singapore on Sunday in what could have been his last Liverpool appearance.

With their win over Hangzhou on Sunday, United wrapped their Asian Tour in fairly convincing style. The victory pushed the Red Devils preseason record to 4-0 with 16 goals for and 6 against. So just what should the average fan take away from these matches? That may be a bit difficult to determine, but here are the points that hit home for me.

United continued their winning ways this evening/afternoon/morning, defeating Korean side FC Seoul 3-2. Goals from Wayne Rooney, Kiko Macheda, and Dimitar Berbatov kept United undefeated through three matches of their Asian Tour. Perhaps more notable than the scoreline was the fact that the Korean crowds apparently haven't calmed down a bit since 2002.

Manchester United defeated hosts FC Seoul 3-2 on goals from Wayne Rooney, Federico Macheda and Dimitar Berbatov earlier today in the third game of their 2009 Asian tour. The 64,000 capacity Korean crowd gave a hero's welcome to Korean international Ji-sung Park when he came on for United with 15 minutes left in the match.

Owen Hargreaves' career at Manchester United has been plagued with injuries ever since he made the £17 million move from Bayern Munich, but it seems that he is finally set to return to football. The holding midfielder spent entire last season on the sidelines recovering from double knee surgery, but latest reports are suggesting he should be ready for first team action in September.

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Sim, futbolitaaaas! We met United's Brazilian full-back Fabio da Silva (too bad Rafael wasn't in Malaysia) as part of United's Asian tour and told him how we loved his sexy hair. We also spoke to Anderson, Nani, Rooney, Tosic, Evra, Carrick and even Sir Alex.

Manchester United have recorded another win in their Asian tour against Korean side FC Seoul. United were down by two goals to one before half time but two goals from Kiko Macheda and Dimitar...
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Xabi Alonso wants his future sorted out before the weekend but faces the dilemma of whether to go public on his desire to leave Liverpool for Real Madrid.
The Spain midfielder has reportedly already told Anfield boss Rafa Benitez that he wants to be part of the Bernabeu revolution and is said to be frustrated by the lack of progress on a deal.

Nothing like a little Asian tour to help fill the pocketbooks.
Nice work dudes.

SLeague
DPMM v Albirex Niigata 2-1 (Haji Subhi Abdilah, Ivan Jerkovic; Tetsuya Kishida) 4,429
Tampines Rovers v Gombak United 2-1 (Qiu Li, Sutee Suksomkit; Fazrul Nawaz) 2,887
Both DPMM and Tampines were forced to come from behind to keep the pressure on leaders SAF but the Stags stay second four points behind the leaders.

Manchester United will kick off the European leg of their preseason campaign with their first match in the Audi Cup 2009 against Argentinean side Boca Juniors. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30PM EST, and will be immediately followed by Bayern Munich going up against AC Milan.

While preseason friendlies can sometimes be tedious affairs, today's match should be particularly interesting as United fans will get their first chance to see Antonio Valencia decked out in a Red Devils kit.

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Manchester United cancel a friendly game due to Jakarta bombings
The English champions Manchester United cancelled a friendly in Indonesia to be played on Monday due to two bombing attacks last Friday in Jakarta.

Liverpool have insisted that the fans, not commercial opportunities, are the reason that they are undertaking their Asian tour.
Many see tours such as this as purely for financial benefit, but the Reds' commercial director, Ian Ayre, told the club's official website, "We have a duty to contribute to these football markets and to our supporters over here.

Just finished watching Liverpool's match against Thailand that kicked off their Asian Tour. The match included some fairly decent football from Ryan Babel, a player I think we all believe needs to up his level this season after being unimpressive in his first two seasons. The goal came in the sixth minute off a great through ball from Carra to Babel, who just slotted it home with ease.