Liverpool may have the big-money recruits at Kai Tak Stadium, but Massimiliano Allegri is relishing a ‘test’ for his side

Liverpool FC and AC Milan train ahead of Hong Kong Football Festival 2025

Massimiliano Allegri, the AC Milan manager, has tipped a capacity crowd at the Hong Kong Football Festival to rouse his team into life against Liverpool on Saturday, days after the Italians lost to Arsenal in Singapore.

And he said there was “no jealousy” over Liverpool’s mammoth summer transfer spend as he prepared his players to take on the English Premier League champions.

Liverpool this week added the US$112 million capture of Hugo Ekitike to the signings of Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez and Giorgi Mamadashvili.