Wanderers have confirmed the second phase of their warm-up for the Premiership will take place in the Middle East.

Sam Allardyce has accepted an invitation to compete in a 10-team international tournament in Saudi Arabia in August.

Wanderers will play four games in six days in the qualifying stage of the tournament, kicking off against Jubilo Iwata of Japan on Thursday, August 2. They meet KSK Beveren (Belgium) on Friday Aug 3, Fortuna Sittard (Holland) on Saturday the 4th and Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen (GBA) on Monday the 6th.

Royal Antwerp (Belgium), Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia), Salgueiros (Portugal), Las Palmas (Spain) and NAC Breda (Holland) will be in the second qualifying group.

The semi-finals, involving the top in each group, are scheduled for August 8 with the final for the King Fahd Cup on the 10th.

"The tournament will open new horizons for us," Wanderers' assistant manager, Phil Brown, said. "The qualifying games will be two 30 minute periods, which in the intense heat will duplicate two 45 minutes in this country.

"If we progress to the semi-finals and final we will step up to 90 minutes but, in any case, we will be well prepared for the Premier League by the time we get back."