Bangkok--May 27--Francom Asia
Airtimes:
Saturday, May 28 at 10:00, 21:30, 24:00
Sunday, May 29 at 22:00 (replay)
On CNN’s TALK ASIA this weekend, former football star Sir Bobby Charlton, who was a member of England’s World Cup winning squad of 1966, chats with Andrew Stevens in Hong Kong about his life on the Board of Directors of Manchester United, the personalities involved in the team and England’s prospects of winning the 2006 World Cup.
The half-hour interview kicks off with Charlton discussing Manchester United’s popularity in Asia saying, “I come over here quite often and whenever I come I’m staggered at the number of people who support our club. In China, we don’t know how many, exactly, fans we have, but it’s many many millions of fans. In Japan it’s the same, in Hong Kong, in Thailand, in Malaysia, in Singapore, you know, it’s the same everywhere I go.”
He continues to talk about Asian football talent and when asked if he thinks an Asian team will win the World Cup, he replies, “I don’t know, if I said ten, a dozen years, I don’t think that’s out of the question.”
Charlton chats about his golden days in English football, and England’s past World Cup glory. He also shares with CNN viewers why he thinks the squad for the upcoming World Cup is as good as the one that won in 1966.
“…I think that David Beckham, there’s a lot of skill and innovation in there, in the midfield. With Michael Owen, with Wayne Rooney, you know there are goals…there are goals in the England side this time.”
Additionally, Charlton gives insight into how the game has changed, the pressures on young players in the team and his hopes for club and country “I’d like to win the Champion’s League again and I would like England to win the World Cup.”
Log onto CNN’s dedicated website for TALK ASIA on www.CNN.com/talkasia to find out more information on upcoming guests.
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