FC Barcelona will be touring Asia again this summer. While this is not the best preparation for the new season it always helps to make new friends. Barça will play three games and be away from the 3rd of August until the 11th. They play first in China on the 5th against Beijing Guoan in the Beijing Fengtai stadium. They then travel to Japan where they will play Yokohama Marinos on the 7th. Barça have played Yokohama twice in recent tours and have drawn both matches. The team will fly to Hong Kong where they are due to play a Hong Kong select team calling themselves Mission Hills Invitation XI, on Aug 10th.

I hope the players don’t spend the whole of next season complaining about this trip.

Barça begin their pre-season with two games in Scotland, on the 26th July they take on Dundee United at Tannadice Park, and on the 28th July they play Hearts at Murrayfield.