Julian Nagelsmann is worried about the level in the Bundesliga.

Due to the tightly packed schedule with English weeks and the World Cup in Qatar starting in November, there is hardly any time for regular training between games, said the FC Bayern coach before the top duel against second-placed Borussia Mönchengladbach this Saturday (6.30 p.m. in the afternoon). FAZ live ticker for the Bundesliga and on Sky).

"The quality suffers as a result," he stated.

"I don't know if that's expedient."

Nagelsmann himself changed the program in the early stages of this season: shortened preparation for the opponent, summarized game analyzes - and rotated earlier "than it would have been absolutely necessary" to get the players used to doing one or other times having to sit on the bench more often.

Alphonso Davies is set to return to the squad after suffering muscular problems.

Jamal Musiala (“He reminds me a bit of Lionel Messi”), who Lothar Matthäus hyped up as the future superstar and world footballer at an advertising appointment on Friday, will first have to sit on the bench.

After a strain, Musiala is not quite one hundred percent, said Nagelsmann.

Despite the three defeats and a draw against Gladbach last season, the Bayern coach does not like to speak of a feared opponent.

"We're in good spirits," he said.

"We'll give the answer tomorrow at 6.30 p.m. on the pitch."

Salihamidzic praises Nagelsmann

Sports director Hasan Salihamidzic has meanwhile praised coach Nagelsmann after FC Bayern Munich's rapid start to the season, as well as the newcomers Sadio Mané and Matthijs de Ligt.

"I think everyone can be satisfied with the start," said Salihamidzic: "We scored a lot of goals and played attractive football." Nagelsmann "pressed the right buttons" in preparation, the 45-year-old praised: "If If you look at the training sessions, it's really fun.

I hope that we can repeat the performance against Gladbach.”

Bayern have won all of their first three league games, scoring 15 goals and conceding just one.

"We're not only up front, we're twice as good in every position," emphasized Salihamidzic.

Looking at the competition, he remarked: "It's difficult for the coach to field the starting eleven.

But that's the interesting thing.

The season is long – we need everyone.”

The club put together the squad in the summer "in line with the coach's ideas," said the sports director, who was praised for the transfers: "It was also the task that we all make the right decisions together.

We will know at the end of the season whether that is the case” – based on the title haul.

"We made sure that the boys are good guys, that they have a top mentality and identify with FC Bayern," said Salihamidzic about the new professionals around star striker Mané and defensive ace de Ligt, who together have 100 million euros transfer had cost the most: "They burned from the first second in the talks for FC Bayern."

FC Bayern not only spent a lot of money on new professionals this summer, but also generated proceeds of around 100 million euros through numerous player sales.

The most recent candidate for sale is striker Joshua Zirkzee, who is said to be moving to Bologna in Italy's Serie A for a reported €8.5 million.