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Premier League Clubs To Rack Up 170,000 Miles On Their Pre-season Schedules by brugge007(m): 2:29pm On Jun 29, 2017
Pre-season is looming and, as ever, the Premier League clubs are jetting off to all four corners of the globe as they build up to the new campaign.
From Los Angeles to Sydney, Houston to Reykjavik, the 20 top-flight sides will entertain fans all over the world, racking up almost 170,000 miles in the process.
Arsenal, the only team travelling to Australia this summer, are comfortably covering the most distance at 21,202 miles.

They take on A-League sides Sydney and Western Sydney Wanderers 'Down Under' before flying up to China for friendlies against Bayern Munich in Shanghai and Chelsea in Beijing.

Jose Mourinho's Manchester United return to the States this summer, playing five games out there on a 16,000-mile criss-cross journey that takes them to Los Angeles, Utah, Houston, Santa Clara and Washington.

After friendlies against Major League Soccer teams Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake, United play heavyweights Manchester City, Real Madrid and Barcelona in the International Champions' Cup.
The Reds also have tour stop-offs in Oslo and Dublin before the season gets underway, not to mention the UEFA Super Cup clash with Real Madrid, which is being hosted in Skopje, Macedonia.

City's players won't be too far behind them when it comes to frequent flyer points this summer, as they also take part in the Champions' Cup against United, Real Madrid and Tottenham.
Pep Guardiola's side are also due in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik on August 4 for a match against West Ham.
Liverpool are globe-trotting as well, travelling over 14,000 miles and taking in Hong Kong, Berlin, Munich and Dublin in order to get pumped up for the season.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds will take on Leicester City, West Brom and Crystal Palace when out in the Far East as part of the Premier League Asia Trophy.
Chelsea are heading that way, too, playing Arsenal in Beijing and then a couple of Champions' Cup matches against Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in Singapore.

In all, the Premier League champions will clock up 14,607 miles on their travels.
West Brom are surprise jet setters next month, covering 15,632 miles as they head to Hong Kong, Germany and Spain, as well as a series of domestic games.

Swansea are also heading on a three-stop US tour, while Everton play a friendly in Tanzania.
Other teams are content to pursue a schedule closer to home, with Austria, Spain and Germany among the popular spots for a training camp.
Southampton are the only side with a purely domestic agenda at present, but they've only announced one pre-season friendly to date. It means the overall total will certainly rise.

With this being a vacant summer without a World Cup or European Championship, most of the Premier League sides are seizing the opportunity to take full strength squads overseas.
As ever, they must strike a fine balance between readying their squad for the challenges ahead and pursuing commercial opportunities all around the world.

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