About 160,000 fans attended festival involving Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs and AC Milan, with the clubs voicing interest in coming back
As clubs and fans departed over the weekend following the Hong Kong Football Festival, the event’s success raised the possibility of the city enjoying a repeat influx of visitors.
Organisers touted the festival’s wider reach, with “an estimated 35 per cent coming from overseas to take in the football – and the sights”.
Attendances reflected the appetite for Hong Kong hosting multiple English Premier League sides, eight years since it had last done so, with 160,000 watching two matches and four training sessions featuring Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, plus Italian giants AC Milan.
Ex-Liverpool defender Sami Hyypia was at his old club’s game, after last year attending the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens.
