They released the previously loaned out Luca Toni from his contract and sold Christian Lell to Hertha BSC.
Head coach Louis van Gaal divided the pre-season into two phases, as many of his players participated in the World Cup and were only later available for the club.
In this phase, which lasted until 4 July, the first squad trained with the second team and a friendly at the fanclub "Lohner Bayern Union" was held.
While Van Gaal was proud to have the most players of any club in the final games of the World Cup, he lamented that "this is not a good pre-season."
"[5] The warning ended in a healthy compromise, where most of the players with substantial playing time at the World Cup were not picked by German coach Joachim Löw.
[6] There was unfortunate news at the return of the last internationals for Bayern, after medical tests confirmed that Arjen Robben's sustained injury in a pre-World cup friendly had not properly healed and that he would be out for a further two months.
Martín Demichelis was sold to Málaga and one week before the end of the winter transfer period, captain Mark van Bommel requested to be released from his contract and moved to Milan.
The Bundesliga campaign began on 20 August when Bayern played in the opening game of the season against VfL Wolfsburg.
[11] On the final day of their training camp in Riva del Garda Bayern faced a selection of players from Trentino in a friendly.
The Fitness First Winterstars team consisted of several Winter Olympic Games gold medal winners and four fans.
Incidentally, José Mourinho, the coach who bested Bayern in the previous Champions League final with Internazionale, led Madrid.
The primary aim was to give previously injured players Franck Ribéry, Breno and Diego Contento some match practice.
Last updated: 3 January Total income: €8,000,000–9,000,000 Since the beginning of the 2009–10 season, Louis van Gaal is the manager of Bayern Munich.