Tottenham and Harry Kane set for summer reunion with South Korea match
Tottenham Hotspur are set to take on Harry Kane's Bayern Munich in a summer friendly in South Korea ahead of the next Premier League season
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There is a strong possibility that Spurs will play a post-season friendly after this current campaign with Melbourne mooted as a potential destination - Spurs last scheduled match this season is on Sunday 19 May, so any post season match is likely to be immediately after that.
Spurs will play Bayern Munich (probably August 2) in South Korea and in the Coupang Play Series tournament. As part of a three-match summer tour to Asia, it is believed that Spurs will take on a friendly with Team K League in a K League All-Star game scheduled for July 28.
With the European Championships and Copa America taking place this summer (first match dates 14 June, implying call ups from 1 June), with both having finals close in the middle of July, its not clear which players will be available on the tour.
The 24/25 PL season will start on 17 August 2024, - just 90 days after the 2023/24 PL season ends.
With this timetable its not clear when the players could be given a 3 week holiday break - I can see that being after internationals, screwing up any form of pre-season. The fact is that the international tournaments have now grown to last 6 weeks (including a 2 week pre tournament training schedule) which with the 3 week necessary player holiday is not compatible with the club's necessary pre-season to integrate new players and experiment with new tactics/formation/style of play.