Houllier hopeful of Dutch success

"Obviously we want to win the competition but whether we will suffer from the trip to the Far East I don't know," he said.

"Normally in pre-season you build up and up and have a slight dip before moving on again.

"This tournament follows on the back of a week in Switzerland and then a week in the Far East so I expect us to struggle a bit as we did the last time we played here."