Bayern Munich are building momentum through their Asia pre-season tour, though the club's transfer business off the pitch remains the defining story of this summer. A 2-1 win over Jeju SK on Tuesday, secured through goals from teenage prospects Felipe Chavez and Bastian Assomo, continued a pattern Kompany has established across these friendlies: youth players are earning real consideration alongside the established squad.

The bigger picture surrounds three players the club wants gone. Sporting director Max Eberl has been unambiguous that Joao Palhinha, Sacha Boey and Bryan Zaragoza have no future at the club, and all three are absent from the official squad list on Bayern's website. Yet deals are proving difficult. Aston Villa have shown loose interest in Palhinha but Bayern's asking price of around 25 million euros remains a sticking point, and Eberl admitted the club is "not particularly confident" a deal with Villa gets done. Boey's return from Galatasaray was forced by Turkish league registration rules rather than any cooling of interest, while Zaragoza, recovering from a knee injury in Munich, faces a salary obstacle that is deterring Spanish clubs. Kompany has called for the trio to be treated with respect while the situation plays out.

Off the pitch, Eberl himself is in a far stronger position than he was two months ago. Uli Hoeneß, who publicly put his contract renewal odds at 60-40 in May, now calls an extension a near certainty and praised what he described as a "perfect transfer window" following the arrivals of Ismael Saibari and Nathaniel Brown. Bayern face Aston Villa in Hong Kong on Friday before returning to Germany, with the Supercup against Borussia Dortmund on August 22 marking the first competitive test of the new season.