Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal has asked FIFA to cancel Germany’s friendly against Denmark on August 11 so his players can prepare for their Bundesliga opener nine days later.

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Germany reached the semi-finals of the World Cup and won the third-place play-off against Uruguay with a squad containing eight Bayern players: Hans-Joerg Butt, Holger Badstuber, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Toni Kroos, Thomas Mueller, Mario Gomez and Miroslav Klose.

The rest of the Germany squad play in the Bundesliga, with the exception of new Manchester City signing Jerome Boateng, and Van Gaal thinks all the players should be given more time to rest.

"The players return on August 2 and then they must go away again on international duty on August 9,” Dutchman Van Gaal pointed out. “That simply cannot be the case, it’s nonsense.

"If eight players from Bayern Munich are excluded, I think that the Germany FA would have to listen to every club’s case.

"If FIFA are a little reasonable, they would take this date out so soon after a World Cup. I hope that Mr Sepp Blatter listens to us, because this just cannot happen."

The Bundesliga champions kick off the 2010-11 season at home to 2008-09 champions VfL Wolfsburg on August 20, with the rest of the 18-team division playing the following day.