The list of pre-season fixtures grows more outlandish every year. Wolves and Fulham are in Australia, Hull are getting ready for a tournament in Beijing, Chelsea plan to wow Hollywood. And they are not alone.
On the same evening the Londoners meet Inter Milan in Pasadena, a Premier League rival will be on show in another Los Angeles suburb. Tickets are still available to — according to the promotional blurb — "! come and watch International Stars and Million Dollar Players compete in your home town". For just $10, you too could be inside Buena High School sports ground in Ventura to watch a local amateur U23 side play Burnley.
