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A Malaysian supporters group is urging fans to boycott Liverpool’s pre-season friendly in Kuala Lumpur.

Brendan Rodgers’ side will face a Malaysia XI on July 24 in the final match of their fortnight-long tour of the Far East and Australia.

However, ‘Ultras Malaya’ are furious at the disruption that the upcoming visits of both Liverpool and Tottenham will cause to the domestic league season and the national team’s preparations for World Cup qualification. Spurs are playing a lucrative end of season game in Malaysia on May 27.

“Don’t buy the tickets, don’t go to the stadium,” the group said in a statement.

“The matches are simply held to make FAM (Football Association of Malaysia), the organisers and their cronies rich, so don’t let FAM and the organisers profit from this sort of nonsense.

“What’s the point? A win for Malaysia is unlikely, and you can’t be expecting the visitors to give their very best, like they play in the EPL on the TV, can you?”

Malaysia have slumped to 166th in the FIFA rankings and the Ultras argue the national team should be playing more competitive fixtures rather than facing weakened Premier League clubs who treat the games as training exercises.

They believe organisers will resort to giving away free tickets in a bid to ensure the 80,000 capacity stadium is full.

“When one of these free tickets come into your possession, do not be tempted to go to the match!” the statement said.

“Get as many as possible, and then shred them so no-one else can get their hands on the tickets and go to the stadium in your place. And don’t even think about selling them to others!

“When you do not go to the matches and the stadium is empty, it will show to the organisers and FAM that circus matches have no place in Malaysian football.

“They will then have no option but to stop organising them, and start organising ‘A’ class international friendlies instead. An empty stadium during circus matches will also show interested European clubs, that Malaysian football supporters are not interested.”