THAILAND: FANS GO WILD AS LIVERPOOL ARRIVE IN BANGKOK AHEAD THEIR MATCH AGAINST THE NATIONAL TEAM

Record ID: 566240

  • Title: THAILAND: FANS GO WILD AS LIVERPOOL ARRIVE IN BANGKOK AHEAD THEIR MATCH AGAINST THE NATIONAL TEAM
  • Date: 17th July 2001
  • Summary: BANGKOK, THAILAND (JULY 17, 2001) (REUTERS) 1. BUS WITH LIVERPOOL PLAYERS ARRIVING 2. GERARD HOULLIER, TEAM MANAGER, GETTING OFF BUS 3. FANS SCREAMING 4. GIRLS CHANTING "OWEN" 5. PLAYERS WALKING IN/MICHAEL OWEN 7. WIDE OF FANS IN HOTEL LOBBY 8. WIDE OF LIVERPOOL TEAM POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS 9. CHILD WEARING TEAM STRIP 10. WIDE SHOT OF NEWS CONFERENCE 11. GERARD HOULLIER AT NEWS CONFERENCE 12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TEAM MANAGER, GERARD HOULLIER SAYING: "The best thing is to believe in your players, at the moment I believe to the squad, I believe in the players. I think they can achieve even more in the league at least, so we'll see if we have to move on the transfer. The fact that some of our direct opponents are splashing out, a lot of money, proves that they think Liverpool is a force to be reckoned with." 13. MEDIA 14. ROBBIE FOWLER, SAMIE HYYPIA AND JAMIE REDKNAPP HOLDING TROPHIES 15. WIDE OF NEWS CONFERENCE/FANS 16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL STRIKER, ROBBIE FOWLER SAYING: "I am in the very early stages of negotiating a contract with Liverpool. Once we get back to England, I think we will speak a bit further. It looks very promising. I am very happy and I have never said I want to go anywhere else." 17. FANS 18. MORE OF PLAYERS HOLDING TROPHIES ON DISPLAY 19. WIDE SHOT OF STADIUM/POLICEMAN 20. PLAYERS WARMING UP 21. FANS 22. PLAYERS RUNNING 23. GENERAL VIEW OF TRAINING BANGKOK, THAILAND (JULY 18, 2001) (REUTERS) 24. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS WITH YOUNG THAI FOOTBALLERS 25. ROBBIE FOWLER WITH CHILDREN 26. VARIOUS OF CHILDREN TRAINING/PLAYERS WITH KIDS Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: BANGKOK, THAILAND
  • Country: Thailand
  • Reuters ID: LVAE2C3NY1GFRK6QAEWRKKES8RWG
  • Story Text: English Premier League giants Liverpool have arrived
    in Thailand to a warm welcome. The team will play the national
    side on Thursday (July 19) with thousands of fans expected to
    turn up for the match.


    The players were greeted by hundreds of hysterical
    fans outside a hotel in Bangkok on Tuesday (July 17) as they
    began the second leg of their Asian tour.

    Security guards held back masses of screaming fans as the
    players attended a photo-shoot for the media. Team manager
    Gerard Houllier told a packed news conference that he is
    looking forward to another season of trophy-winning at Anfield
    -- last season Liverpool won the FA Cup, UEFA Cup and English
    League Cup.

    He said: "The best thing is to believe in your
    players...at the moment I believe in the squad, I believe in
    the players. I think they can achieve even more in the league
    at least, so we'll see if we have to move on the transfer. The
    fact that some of our direct opponents are splashing out...a
    lot of money, proves that they think Liverpool is a force to
    be reckoned with," he said.

    During an interview with journalists, striker Robbie
    Fowler said talks on extending his Liverpool contract looked
    "very promising" and that he never wanted to play for another
    team.

    "I am in the very early stages of negotiating a contract
    with Liverpool. Once we get back to England, I think we will
    speak a bit further. It looks very promising. I am very happy
    and I have never said I want to go anywhere else," he said.

    Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier said earlier this month
    that he that he was confident that Fowler and fellow England
    strikers Michael Owen would sign contract extensions.

    Both players have two years to run on their present deals
    and Houllier wants them to commit their long-term futures to
    the Premier League club before the start of the new season.

    Liverpool have already beaten Singapore 2-0 earlier in
    their Asian trip and Houllier said he will use his entire
    first-team squad during Thursday's fixture.

    During a break in training on Tuesday Liverpool's top
    players gave a coaching session to some young Thai footballers
    in Bangkok.
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