Man Utd visit: Is Australia's A-League going to take off?

Perth Glory have gone for broke by consenting to play Manchester United at their Optus Stadium on Saturday night.

The A-League Grand Finalists will be without various key players, including previous Republic of Ireland striker Andy Keogh, when they give resistance to the visiting Premier League goliaths, as Australia's local battle doesn't begin until October.

Two 15-year-olds, midfielder Joshua Rawlins and striker Gabriel Popovic, child of Glory director Tony, are probably going to be associated with the cordial against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men.

In any case, Glory proprietor Tony Sage was never going to turn down the game. Just about 60,000 tickets have been sold for Saturday's down. In 2018-19, over their whole 14-game customary home A-League program, Glory's all out participation was 144,955.

Likewise with their gathering with Chelsea a year back, confronting United offers presentation that does not exist in the A-League and offers an open door for Sage to advance his yearning plans for the association's future.

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