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Malaysian fans urged to boycott Liverpool, Tottenham tour games

Tottenham and Liverpool face boycotts from fans in Malaysia for their summer tours.

The London Evening Standard says a Malaysian XI will play Spurs on May 24 and Liverpool on July 24, which has led to local top flight matches being re-arranged to accommodate the English sides.

Alfadli Awaludin, a senior member of the Ultras Malaya supporters group, said the Premier League giants would be better off playing each other in Kuala Lumpur rather than disrupting local football.

"It is not that we hate Liverpool coming, Spurs, Arsenal or even Manchester, Barcelona whoever coming, we don't hate them, it's just the concept is not right," he told Reuters on Wednesday.

"The timing. We should be focused more on the more important games like the World Cup qualifying. Why do we need to focus on something that does not give us benefits at all?

"Just imagine we are playing Spurs and three of our players are injured, what would happens in World Cup qualifying?"

The Selangor fan said he and many other supporters of the club had paid for flights to watch the side play against Sarawak, only for the fixture to be postponed to accommodate Liverpool's arrival.

"What happens to our tickets, do we buy a new one or pay extra to change the dates?" he said, adding the rescheduled away match had been moved to a midweek date making it harder to attend.

"Why do you put this circus match higher than your league game?"

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