Indonesia is the first destination of the Merseyside team before its visit to Melbourne, Australia, on July 24 and Bangkok, Thailand, in the next four days.

“They [the Liverpool players] have departed for Indonesia today. They will arrive at Halim around 1 p.m. local time on Wednesday,” said Nicky Ifana, the spokeswoman of event organizer Inspire, on Tuesday as quoted by kompas.com.

Liverpool was previously reported to be bringing its main squad to Indonesia, except striker Luis Suarez, goalkeeper Pepe Reina and defender Sebastian Coates.

The Reds’ management gave the three players a three-week holiday following their participation in the FIFA Confederations Cup, which ended at the beginning of July. They were initially expected to join up with the Liverpool pre-season tour on July 22.

However, Nicky said, Suarez, Reina and Coates would likely arrive in Jakarta because according to a release received in Jakarta, the club had included the names of the three players on its tour in Indonesia.

“But let’s see tomorrow when the squad arrives in Jakarta,” said Nicky.

Indonesian national team coach Jacksen F. Tiago said although Arsenal was slightly better than Liverpool, a friendly match against the Reds would still be a challenge.

“Arsenal is better because it has been coached by Arsène Wenger for quite a long time,” said Jacksen at the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) on Monday, as quoted by tempo.co.

Jacksen said Arsenal’s exquisite style of play had long been solid. Therefore, the Persipura coach said, he would evaluate his current team.

Following Arsenal’s recent visit, another English Premier League club — Liverpool — will play a friendly match against the Indonesian national team on July 20.

Jacksen said it was possible that he might try out at five new players during the friendly game against Liverpool.

The former Brazilian soccer player said, overall, the national team had progressed. “The squad’s teamwork and techniques have improved,” said Jacksen.

To test the progress, he plans to invite a national team from, which is in the same level, to face Indonesia.

Jacksen said he hoped the national team could play its best against Liverpool. In the previous match against Arsenal, Jacksen’s Dream Team was defeated 7-0.

After Arsenal and Liverpool, Chelsea will play a friendly match against Indonesia.

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Fahim89 wrote:We are big in Indonesia! No doubt according to stats for the Official FB Fan page it has more likes from Indonesia then in UK! Plus all this fans have been waiting from the morning till late afternoon for the players while most of them were fasting for Ramdan!!

   

iftikhar wrote:

Fahim89 wrote:We are big in Indonesia! No doubt according to stats for the Official FB Fan page it has more likes from Indonesia then in UK! Plus all this fans have been waiting from the morning till late afternoon for the players while most of them were fasting for Ramdan!!

   

Well, Jakarta alone probably has more people than the entire region LFC calls home.

Was it a Garuda flight with LFC branding or a special (chartered) flight! It's got indonesia flag.

As for Ayre, heh, heh, heh. We are done for the summer. We got Downing you know.

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Fahim89 wrote:
There was a banner amongst fans in Indonesia pleading Downing not too go!!!

McAgger wrote:I think they want him to stay in Indonesia and not go back to Anfield

iftikhar wrote:Fahim, seriously you are from Mirpur!!!

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RedOranje wrote:Seriously, I cannot be the only one who thinks there's something... off about Aspas's facial structure, can I?