Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ka haere a Arsenal, Everton me Stoke ki Singapore ki te whakaoti i te Barclays Asia Trophy i roto i a raatau whakaritenga mo te wa o mua i te marama o Hurae, i kii te Pirimia Pirimia. Ka tū te whakataetae i ia rua tau, engari ka tū i Singapore mo te wā tuatahi mai i tōna tīmatanga i te tau 2003, e hāngai ana ki te whakanui i te tau 50 o te whenua. Ko Arsenal me Stoke ka puta tuatahi i te whakataetae - koinei anake te whakataetae Premier League e hono ana ki waho o Ingarangi - i te wa e whakataetae ana a Everton mo te wa tuatahi mai i te tau 2005. Ka haere a Arsenal ki Hingapura ki te whakataetae i tā rātau whakataetae Asia Trophy tuatahi i mua i te tīmatanga o te tau e whai ake nei. I toa a Manchester City i te Tohu Ahia whakamutunga, i patu i a Sunderland i Hong Kong i te Hurae 2013. Ko te whakaoti i te rarangi o nga kapa ko te Singapore Select XI, a ko te kaiwhakahaere matua o te Pirimia Pirimia a Richard Scudamore i korero mo tana koa ki te kawe i te waitohu Pirimia Pirimia ki tetahi waahi hou. 'Kei te tino harikoa matou ki te kawe i te Barclays Asia Trophy ki Singapore mo te wa tuatahi,' i kii ia. E mōhio ana mātou e aroha ana ngā Singaporeans ki tō rātou whutupaoro, ā, he tino kaiwhaiwhai rātou ki te Barclays Premier League. 'Ko Arsenal tonu tētahi o ngā kapa tino whakamiharo i te Pirimia Rōpū: he kaitākaro tino pai ō rātou, ā, e mōhio ana ahau ka harikoa rātou ki ō rātou tini kaiwhaiwhai mai i te Tonga ki te Rāwhiti o Āhia. I kōrero a Richard Scudamore mō tōna harikoa ki te kawe i te waitohu Pirimia ki tētahi whenua hou. He kaiwhaiwhai Tottenham e mau ana i te kopare i te 2013 Asia Cup - ko te Pirimia Pirimia he kaiwhaiwhai puta noa i te ao. Ko Everton i raro i te mana o Roberto Martinez e purei tonu ana i te momo whutupaoro whakaongaonga, i te mea ko Stoke City e whakakotahi ana i te ahua me te ahua kore-mate. Me tūmanako ngā kaiwhaiwhai i Singapore ki tā mātou whakataetae Barclays Asia Trophy tino whakataetae.' Ka tū te whakataetae i ngā rā whakataetae e rua, i te Wenerei 15 me te Rāhoroi 18 o Hōngongoi. Ko te whakatakotoranga e kite ana i nga hawhe whakamutunga e rua i te Ra Tuatahi, i mua i te whakamutunga me te tuatoru o nga waahi i te Rahoroi. Ka tū ngā tukinga ki tētahi whare whakaari o mua, e 55,000 te kaha...
Ka tū te Barclays Asia Trophy i ia rua tau i te wā o mua o te tau. I te Hōngongoi, ka tū te whakataetae ki Hingapura mō te wā tuatahi. Ka whakataetae a Arsenal, Everton, Stoke City me te Singapore Select XI. E ai ki a Richard Scudamore ka taea e ngā kaiwhaiwhai i Hingapura te tūmanako ki te whakataetae Barclays Asia Trophy tino whakataetae i te Hōngongoi 2015.