MU plans Chinese and Malay website

MU plans Chinese and Malay website

HONG KONG (AFP): Manchester United, the world's wealthiest soccer club, will launch Chinese and Malay language websites in March for its huge regional fan base, a report said on Sunday.

The reigning English premier league champion is hugely popular in Hong Kong and mainland China, but many local supporters are unable to read their English website -- Manutd.com -- while content is limited on the team's Hong Kong supporters' site -- Manutd.com.hk.

The web portal is to use the simplified Chinese text popularized in China and recognizable to many readers of traditional Chinese script still used in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Manutd.com receives around 8.5 million hits a month, but with the launch of the new site, United -- nicknamed the Red Devils -- hopes to tap into its huge global following, estimated to be in the region of some 20 million fans.