Since the Community Shield, right? I wouldn't like to play like we did against City; Liverpool are going to force transitions constantly (if I had one wish it'd be that Partey is actually fit, he'd be massive) and it'd be nice to be able to boot it to Havertz as a safety valve
The government complaining about Messi not playing is kinda hilarious, but also to be expected from the match with the team that announced they would be playing a team selected from the Hong Kong First Division League instead of the HKPL lol.
I mean, he absolutely should have played or they should have communicated earlier (I think I'd heard rumours of him being injured as early as the al-Nassr game tbh)
but the literal government complaining is just massive copium. Like, people get injured; you still got to see Busquets and Alba as well like
I also do think now that I've been removed from that environment for a while... There's like some sense of entitlement in HK. Lmao they literally just took their money, it's never a guarantee to see the big names preseason. I remember way back when Mikel and Arsenal came to NYC, it wasn't even the full first team present.