Bayern Munich to visit Hong Kong and South Korea for 2026 summer tour

Bayern Munich’s plans for the summer season are already beginning to take form. The membership will probably be heading to Asia for the third time in 4 years for his or her 2026 preseason tour.

Their first cease will probably be Hong Kong, the place they are going to play a pleasant in opposition to a at present undetermined opponent. Particulars in regards to the Hong Kong tour are at present few. Tz’s Philipp Kessler, Hanna Raif, and Manuel Bonke first introduced the information (which have been captured by @iMiaSanMia) on Tuesday.

After Hong Kong, Bayern will journey to South Korea, the place they loved immense success in the summertime of 2024 (and no, it was not nearly profitable the Coupang Play Sequence). Nevertheless, this time, the capital metropolis of Seoul isn’t the vacation spot. Relatively, Bayern will journey to some of the unique places within the Land of the Morning Calm – Jeju Island.

Jeju Island, or as Koreans (together with this author) name it Jeju-do, is a particularly common vacationer vacation spot for locals and foreigners alike. In reality, the Seoul-Jeju flight route is formally the busiest route in world air journey, with over 130 flights every day and over 14 million annual passengers.

Bayern will probably be enjoying a pleasant in opposition to native membership Jeju SK, who’ve been companions with them since final yr by means of the Crimson & Gold Soccer Enterprise. Jeju simply barely escaped relegation final season, and are at present backside of the Ok League on the time of writing. Nevertheless, because the Ok League season simply kicked off a month in the past, that’s naturally topic to alter by the point Bayern come knocking. (Creator’s Word: The writer’s membership, Pohang Steelers, are at present sitting proper above Jeju, albeit with a recreation in hand.)

Whether or not the tour will probably be as profitable because it was in 2024 stays to be seen. Whereas Jeju is a well-liked vacation spot, Bayern’s go to is prone to fall in peak journey season, which can drive up native costs exorbitantly. What’s extra, Korea’s sweltering summer season warmth solely will get worse in Jeju. Add that to the truth that nearly the entire first staff squad would possibly miss a very good chunk of preseason because of the World Cup, and the followers might imagine twice about flocking to the Jeju World Cup Stadium, the place the pleasant is prone to happen. That stated, quite a lot of the primary staff did make it to Korea final time round, regardless of the Euros and the Copa America, so there would possibly nonetheless be an opportunity for the followers to fulfill numerous gamers.

This author will present stay experiences from the tour ought to he get the prospect.