Manchester United and Bayern Munich are set to play a preseason friendly later this summer in Germany and the traditional European powerhouses had a bit of fun at each other's expense on social media after the announcement on Monday.
Manchester United, who have won the Champions League three times, posted this "poll" on their Twitter account setting up the back and forth.
We're
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) June 11, 2018
⚪️ Busy
⚪️ On holiday
🔘 Available in early August to visit a big club in Germany for a final pre-season game of the summer. Any takers?
To which the Bundesliga champions, five-time winners of Europe's top club competition, cheekily responded by taking a jab at the shoddy record of English clubs in penalty shootouts.
The only takers we're interested in are for good penalties, and as an English club, you guys probably wouldn't know about that... 🐸🍵 pic.twitter.com/7TJbc2V6lr
— FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) June 11, 2018
Fair play to both and we won't have to wait long to find out which team can lay claim to the most-recent bragging rights as the two meet on Aug. 5 at the Allianz Arena ahead of the start of the 2018-19 European club season.