European soccer teams struggle to build bridges to Asia

Top squads pull out of Asian pre-season tour kickoff in Korea over terms

JOHN DUERDEN, Contributing writer

SEOUL -- Seven European teams were due to visit South Korea this summer as part of a soccer tradition: the Asian pre-season tour. Now, however, only the July 30 exhibition between Manchester City and Atletico Madrid is set to go ahead. Games involving Wolverhampton Wanderers of England, Italy's Napoli and Roma, Celtic of Scotland, and Spain's Real Mallorca have all been cancelled.

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