Bayern Munich have upset their fans over plans to stop them coming to watch the players train.

Incumbent manager Juergen Klinsmann - who takes over from the retiring Ottmar Hitzfeld on July 1st - club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and general manager Uli Hoeness have announced plans to turn the restaurant at the Sabener Strasse training ground into a new luxury team room for the players, meaning fans would be denied access.

Despite the plans including holding special training sessions at the club's stadium, the Allianz Arena, the move has been denounced as "a mess" by disgruntled fans, who claim they are being "treated like rubbish".

The new team room would include beds for the players to sleep in, as the club plan to introduce an eight-hour day.

"It's a new culture for the Bundesliga," Rummenigge said. "The players will be able to get some rest between training.

"Juergen simply wants to make everything professional. He wants to give his players the chance to rest. Also some professionals live nearby and have the chance to go home for lunch, but that is an unnecessary trip.

"An eight-hour day has been typical in Italian football for a long time. We will have them here from breakfast through to afternoon coffee. And there will be the possibility to sleep now."

However, plenty of fans do not agree, and many wrote in to German national newspaper Bild to complain, with one fan complaining: "I have two children who want to see their stars up close. I feel like a paying victim. Like a cow, they milk us for money and nothing is given back."

Plenty of fans threatened to stop going to watch the Bundesliga leaders, with one saying: "It's a mess! Children, who want to see their idols, are being treated like rubbish. If this continues in such a way, I will return my season ticket."

Tony Mabert / Eurosport