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23 May 2024 14:34
Manchester United and Manchester City will meet in a pre-season friendly in China this summer, the Manchester Evening News reports.
The clubs' chief executives, Ed Woodward and Ferran Soriano, were photographed leaving the Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane, along with Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck, Arsenal's Ivan Gazidis and Liverpool chief Ian Ayre.
Despite initial reports claiming the Premier League 's elite clubs met to discuss a European Super League breakaway, M.E.N. Sport understands talks were held concerning the International Champions Cup (ICC), an annual pre-season tournament series featuring friendlies between some of the world’s glamour clubs.
A Manchester derby in China has yet to be signed off on, but it looks likely United will face Pep Guardiola's City in the Far East.
Earlier in February the sky blues announced they would play in China this summer as part of their pre-season tour. This comes just two months after a consortium of high-profile Chinese investors acquired a 13 percent stake, worth a reported £265m, in the club's holding company, the City Football Group.
Source: M.E.N
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