KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 (Reuters) - A Malaysian supporters group have ramped up their protest against the arrival of English Premier League clubs Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur for lucrative friendlies, urging fans to rip up tickets for the matches.
"Ultras Malaya" have labelled the May 27 Spurs fixture and July 24 Liverpool game against a Malaysian XI as "circus matches" and are angry at the disruption caused to their domestic league and World Cup qualifying preparations.
"Don't buy the tickets, don't go to the stadium," the group said in a statement on Monday.
"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.