Manchester United arrived in South Korea on Wednesday for the third match of their 2009 Asian tour.
Over seven thousand fans attended Manchester United's training session at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Thursday morning.
The session may have been open to the general public, but it was far from free.
For those with tickets to Friday evening’s exhibition match with K-League club FC Seoul, admission cost around €6.
Those without tickets had to pay around €9, which made watching Manchester United train for an hour more expensive than gaining admission to the average league match in South Korea.
According to the game’s organisers, Mast Entertainment, fans were charged in order to prevent too many attending.
“In 2007 [the last time the English champions visited Seoul] the people who attended were all connected to sponsors,” Mast spokesperson Liz Ha told Goal.com.
“This time we wanted to open it up to everybody. If it was free then we thought that there would be too many to control.”
Over seven thousand fans attended Manchester United's training session at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Thursday morning.
The session may have been open to the general public, but it was far from free.
For those with tickets to Friday evening’s exhibition match with K-League club FC Seoul, admission cost around €6.
Those without tickets had to pay around €9, which made watching Manchester United train for an hour more expensive than gaining admission to the average league match in South Korea.
According to the game’s organisers, Mast Entertainment, fans were charged in order to prevent too many attending.
“In 2007 [the last time the English champions visited Seoul] the people who attended were all connected to sponsors,” Mast spokesperson Liz Ha told Goal.com.
“This time we wanted to open it up to everybody. If it was free then we thought that there would be too many to control.”
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