The Bayern Munich boss was pictured in Amsterdam with Txiki Begiristain last week, but the Germany international says it is "no problem" for him or his team-mates
Thomas Muller insists the Bayern Munich players are unaffected by reports of Pep Guardiola's meetings with Manchester City officials.
Guardiola was pictured in Amsterdam with City director of football Txiki Begiristain last week as the Bayern boss plans for life in the Premier League next season.
But Muller says how Guardiola spends his days off makes no difference to the Bayern squad, who have remained focused on Bundesliga action and the Champions League last-16 second-leg clash with Juventus on Wednesday.
"That is not an issue within the team," Muller told Goal. "The club and coach always said that they would announce his departure in the winter. But this is no problem for the players.
"We don't mind if Pep Guardiola is sitting at home in his armchair or visiting someone somewhere else on his days off. This has no influence on our daily work."
Progression to the quarter-finals of the Champions League could see Bayern competing in as many as nine games in April, but Muller is embracing the prospect of a hectic end-of-season run-in.
He added: "It isn't actually in our minds yet, we look at it week-by-week. But of course every club wants April to be a really busy month because this means that you are still playing in European competition. These are the games you live for. So this is not a problem, we want as many games as possible."
Bayern played out a 2-2 draw in Turin in the first leg, with Kingsley Coman - on loan at the German club from Juve - sat on the bench.
Muller has been impressed by the teenager, but admits to knowing little about him prior to his move to Munich.
"I actually didn't even really know him," he confessed. "Only a few players make their mark at 19. But you could see from the first day here what he's able to do. He got a place in the team really quickly and that's not by chance. He has great qualities and shows them regularly."
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Muller took his Bundesliga goal tally to 19 for the season with two strikes in the 5-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday. The forward is going head-to-head with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and team-mate Robert Lewandowski for the Golden Boot and welcomes friendly competition with the Pole.
"Normally, Robert should score more goals as he is our centre forward," he continued. "We try to complement each other as well as possible and I will keep on setting him up for goals. But on the other hand, I won't miss the goal on purpose. The more goals we score the better it is for the team."
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