"As a player, and I have been there, they probably need this like a hole in the head".
Hong Kong coach Ashley Westwood was blunt and to the point when speaking about Manchester United's post-season tour of Asia.
As a former FA Youth Cup winner with United in 1995 - and someone who worked for the club's in-house television channel MUTV during a recent pre-season trip to Perth - Westwood has an understanding of the pressures and demands associated with being a player for the 20-time English champions.
While publicly United's players talked up their post-season trip to Asia and privately officials have praised the way they carried out a mountain of commercial demands, Westwood says no-one should be in any doubt about the reality of the situation.