Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, chief executive officer of Bayern Munich, believes the presence of Pep Guardiola is a recruiting tool in atracting top talent.

Guardiola has helped acquire Robert Lewandowski, Mario Gotze, Thiago Alcantara, Xabi Alonso and Mehdi Benatia since his arrival at Bayern in the summer of 2013. 

"Pep Guardiola is a very good trainer. He works with an intensity I have never experienced and I've been with this club for a long, long time now, he added," Rummenigge told Goal.

"He’s an unbelievable trainer. We can all be fortunate he’s at Bayern. I notice that when I talk to players - he is a factor in why they want to come to Bayern. 

"Robert Lewandowski and Mario Gotze moved to Bayern as they wanted to work with him, among other things. That's a plus for us.

"Sometimes he comes on non-training days, sits five, six hours in his office and analyses matches. On Sunday at Oktoberfest he stayed for two hours and then got on a plane to Italy to watch [Champions League opponents] Roma against Juventus.

"There are coaches who would rather drink the occasional beer more but he flew to Turin to watch our next opponent. He’s a meticulous worker."