Aia Joins Spurs For Pre-season Tour

07 Apr 2015 | sigadmin

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AIA will partner with Tottenham Hotspur on the north London club’s summer tour to Malaysia and Australia.

The tour will include a game against a Malaysian XI on Wednesday 27th May, with the victors to take home the AIA Cup. The team will then travel to Sydney for a friendly with Sydney FC at ANZ Stadium the following Saturday.

AIA, the principal commercial partner of Tottenham Hotspur, joins Tottenham’s aim of promoting community growth within Malaysia through football.

Aside from playing matches and hosting player meet and greets, Spurs plan to stage football clinics and other community outreach initiatives during their tour.

The club claims to have an estimated 170 million fans in the Far East Asia region alone.

Bill Lisle, chief executive of AIA, commented: “AIA, the official shirt partner of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, is pleased to partner with Spurs on its tour to Asia-Pacific, as part of our efforts to encourage healthy living among our customers and the larger communities in this region.”

Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino added: “We are delighted to be visiting Malaysia and looking forward to giving our fans in that part of the world a chance to see us play up close against some of the best players from their country.

“We are well aware of the passionate following we have across Asia and the well-established Supporters Club that we have in Malaysia, and hope that we can put on a fantastic show for them on the night as a way thanking them for the continued support they give us from the other side of the world every week.

“Our global coaching team will be working alongside the tour in both Kuala Lumpur and Sydney towards the joint goal we have set with AIA – providing increased sporting opportunities and promoting health and wellbeing across the Asia-pacific region.”