Former Lions and EPL winners to star in July 25 27 Soccer7sSeries at Jalan Besar

SINGAPORE – Former English Premier League winners Robert Huth, Wes Morgan and Luis Boa Morte will be in town for the July 25-27 Soccer7sSeries, which will feature seven-a-side men’s open, women’s and over-35 masters tournaments at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

German Huth, 40, was part of the Chelsea team who won back-to-back Premier League titles in 2004-05 and 2005-06, and later formed a solid centre-back partnership with Jamaican Wes Morgan, now 41, at Leicester City who clinched the 2015-16 Premier League crown against all odds.

Boa Morte, 47, was with Arsenal when they won the 1997-98 title before the Portuguese turned out for Southampton, Fulham and West Ham United.

Among notable teams who have already confirmed their participation in the Singapore event are England’s Coventry City and Queens Park Rangers, as well as Brazilian sides Corinthians and Vasco da Gama, who are set to bring their rising stars from their Under-21 and academy teams for the men’s open competition, while German outfit Borussia Dortmund will play in the masters category.

Asian and Asean teams are also involved, with China’s Shanghai Shenhua, Indonesia’s Persib Bandung, Malaysia’s Selangor, and the host’s Geylang International and Singapore Football Club (SFC) taking part.

The men’s open will feature 16 teams, while 10 teams will play in the women’s and masters tournaments. All the 95 games over the three days will be played across two seven-minute halves on a full-size pitch.

Fans can expect to see former Lions and centurions such as Shahril Ishak, 41; Khairul Amri, 40; and Daniel Bennett, 47 – who have 412 caps among them – strut their stuff with SFC in the masters competition.

Former national captain Shahril, who noted that the event will be held two weeks before Singapore turns 60, said: “We are excited to have the world’s best