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MICHAEL CLARKE SAYS HE'D 'REGRET IT FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE' IF HE DIDN'T COME TO THE CITY 16:30, 21 May 2025Updated 16:28, 23 May 2025 Liverpool Football Club's
trophy parade will take place on Monday (May 26) after the Reds lift their 20th league title the day before. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line the city's streets to
celebrate the historic win, and one of those ecstatic supporters will be travelling over 3,000 miles to do so. Michael Clarke said he'd "regret it for the rest of my life" if
he didn't make the journey. The 32-year-old, who is originally from Rainford but moved to Toronto, Canada with his wife last year, says that even watching Liverpool half a world away
makes him feel "connected to home". After the Reds were confirmed Premier League champions last month, and after "a few drinks," Michael booked his flights. The
consultant, who arrives in Liverpool on Friday (May 23), told the ECHO: "Supporting Liverpool is everything. "With moving to Canada, it's one of those things that has kept me
feeling connected to home. I've been watching all the games and talking to mates about it, and I'm wearing my jersey around Toronto. It’s almost like you’re not far from home when
you're watching them. "We see North American sports but the only comparable thing to football is, in my opinion, hockey. I mean, you've got American football, but, you know,
there's no Canadian teams there. So you've got hockey, but it's just not as good and the fans aren't as good - their songs are cr*p." Explaining why it means so much
for him to go to the parade, Michael said: “I'd regret it for the rest of my life if I didn't go. I remember that season we won when COVID hit and there was all that stuff about
whether or not the season would even go on. "And when we won it, it was so bittersweet. I remember watching the game when we won it and I really wanted to go into Liverpool just to be
there - and I nearly did. "But when we won this year, I was like, ‘I'm for sure going, rain or shine. I've got to be there.’ I’d had a few drinks and I was like, ‘I'm
booking it.’" But what did Michael's wife think of him spending a small fortune to travel 3,385 miles in the name of football? Michael said: "She was like, ‘Okay, good -
you've always wanted to do it’. And I was like, ‘Wow, you're a keeper.’ "She knows how much it means to me. I said to her she can come as well, but it just didn't work
out. I've actually got her into the club a lot as well. We recently had some unfortunate news and we were watching a game - this was only a few weeks ago. It was a home game and they
were singing ‘You'll Never Walk Alone’ at the beginning, and it hit differently based on what we were going through." Michael added that seeing Liverpool parade the Premier League
trophy on Monday will "allow me to be part of something that will be remembered in the city's history forever, and I'll be with friends. Article continues below
"It'll give me that sense of electricity that you can only get there with Liverpool." The victorious Liverpool players will travel along a 15km route around the city -
starting at Allerton Maze and finishing on The Strand in the city centre. The parade will begin at 2.30pm.