Manchester United will travel the most out of any Premier League club when they embark on their pre-season tour in just a few months.
Ole Gunnar Soilskjaer's side are set to rack up a staggering 19,838 miles with friendlies located in Perth, Singapore, Shanghai and Cardiff.
Manchester City, however, will travel 6,000 less miles than their cross-town rivals. Pep Guardiola's side, who could be preparing to defend a Premier League title for a second successive season, will be visiting China and Japan.
Pre-season friendlies were once just a way of getting squads match fit and ready for the new campaign, but now they’re global extravaganzas, big money spinners and draw in hundreds of thousands of fans.
They’re not without their critics though, such as Louis Van Gaal who blamed his Manchester United team’s poor performance in 2014/15 on their gruelling pre-season schedule across the USA.
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Elsewhere, Chelsea’s trips to Foxborough, Massachusetts and Yokohama mean their tour comes in at 15,969 miles.
Tottenham travel to Singapore and Shanghai (14,815 miles), Manchester City to Nanjing, Shanghai and Yokohama (13,724 miles), Arsenal to
Colorado, Los Angeles, Charlotte and Washington DC (11,632 miles) and Liverpool to Indiana, Boston and New York (7,999 miles).
That works out at a total of 83,977 miles between the big six clubs, more than three times round the world.
| Club | Miles |
| Manchester United | 19,838 |
| Chelsea | 15,969 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 14,815 |
| Manchester City | 13,724 |
| Arsenal | 11,632 |
| Liverpool | 7,999 |
| Total | 83,977 |
