Van Gaal Faces Gruelling Trip to China to Satisfy Sponsors - The New Indian Express
LONDON: Louis van Gaal could have to undertake a gruelling pre-season trip to China next summer with Manchester United's major sponsors increasingly keen to exploit the club's commercial power in the Far East. United concluded their summer tour of the United States in the early hours of this morning with an International Champions Cup friendly against Paris St Germain at Soldier Field in Chicago. However, despite Van Gaal declaring United's pre-season preparations in the States a success because of the carefully selected training bases in Seattle and San Jose, he is facing the prospect of having to plan a tour of China and neighbouring... United have toured the US four times in the past six years, but have not embarked on a full tour of the Far East and Asia since in 2009. A week-long trip to Australia two years ago was extended by visits to Thailand, Japan and Hong Kong, but with... Chevrolet, which pays a world record pounds 53 million a year to sponsor United's shirts, has made China the focal point of the company's business plan, with the car manufacturer closing down its European operation to concentrate heavily on the... Source: www.newindianexpress.com
