Liverpool has cancelled the South Korean leg of their Far-East pre-season tour due to “mitigating circumstances”.
The Reds had announced in April they would be playing games in China, Malaysia and Korea during July.
However, the club has now decided to cancel its July 19 date against Korean champions FC Seoul in the capital which was to be the final match of the tour.
The club said on its official website the decision was due to mitigating circumstances and it now would be investigating a number of alternative options.
The timing of the match was set to cause problems for FC Seoul, who had a league game fixtured for two days earlier and a potential K-League Cup quarterfinal on July 20.
However an official from FC Seoul told The Korea Times that discussions had broke down following the recent K-League match-fixing scandal.
“The discussions between us and Liverpool on having a friendly ground to a halt since the scandal overwhelmed the K-League,” said the official.
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