Aston Villa to face Bayern in lucrative pre-season friendly in Hong Kong

[p]Vincent Kompany's perennial German champions will face South Korean team [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jeju-sk/vFZJewv4/"]Jeju SK[/a] on August 4th and then fly to Hong Kong to meet Premier League [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Villa[/a] three days later.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern[/a] and Villa met in last season's Champions League, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/duran-jhon/dxCFSeJd/"]Jhon Duran[/a] scoring the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zaire-emery-warren/neJeseDL/"]Unai Emery[/a]'s side.[/p][embed guid="ed7de850-3987-4ac7-89c9-093d29b4002b" url="https://x.com/FCBayernEN/status/2042500902158835956" social-type="twitter" /][p]Spearheaded by England striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kane-harry/v5HSlEAa/"]Harry Kane[/a], Bayern top the Bundesliga and beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a] 2-1 away this week in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.[/p][p]They have visited South Korea and Hong Kong once each previously.[/p][p]Bayern have South Korean international [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kim-min-jae/vkXC6mad/"]Kim Min-Jae[/a] at the heart of their defence.[/p][embed guid="ec2fdcd9-d85f-4421-85e4-06d7afa382f3" url="https://x.com/AVFCOfficial/status/2042497812823146583" social-type="twitter" /][p]Villa, who have one foot in the semi-finals of the Europa League, said on their website they "would hope to announce further fixtures in the far east in due course".[/p][p]Teams heading on pre-season tours will need to balance lucrative visits with player welfare, with the World Cup running from June 11th to July 19th.[/p]