Bayern Munich have recently strengthened their midfield by signing Arturo Vidal from Juventus in a £ 30 million deal.

The Chilean has grown in stature over the last few years and his performances helped Juventus win the double last season. It also saw them reach the Champions League final where they lost to Barcelona in narrow circumstances.

Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola has claimed that he had never seen anything like the display provided by Robert Lewandowski in the recent game against Wolfsburg.

The striker came off the bench to score 5 goals in the space of just nine minutes. He has said numerous records along the way.

Even though there have been occasions where players have scored five goals in a game, Guardiola says that he has never seen a player do it in such a quick manner. The striker could have even scored two more had it not been for some easy chances that went begging.

Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm believes that the team can cope without midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, who has joined Manchester United in a £ 15 million deal.

Schweinsteiger has been one of the key players for Bayern over the last 15 years. After coming through the ranks of the German club, the 31-year-old has become an integral part of the club as a whole. However, he was thought to be unhappy when playing under Pep Guardiola. Further, the presence of Xabi Alonso reduced his importance in the team. The Spanish midfielder joined the Bavarians last summer for around £ 5 million.

It appears that Bayern Munich are retraining their faith in manager Pep Guardiola despite yet another poor campaign.

ArjenRobben is still suffering from stomach muscles which started affecting him during Bayern Munich’s match against BorussiaMönchengladbach. The Dutch winger had to be removed from this game at the 24th minute and has not returned to the pitch ever since then.

No return date for Robben has been announced as the player still has not fully recovered from this condition.

Pep Guardiola and Bayern Munich continue their journey of securing the treble in this season after taking out Bayer Leverkusen in the quarter-finals of the DFB Pokal.

After an intense penalty session, Bayern Munich emerged as the victorious side as they have advanced into the semi-finals of the German Cup.

Bayern Munich are widely considered to be one of the best clubs in the world as the German club has some of the most talented players from around the globe as well as also having a title winning coach who has lifted some of the most prestigious trophies in the world of football.

Despite having all of these impressive characteristics, according to the former German international Christoph Metzelder they still lack a cutting edge player that other teams do such as Real Madrid or Barcelona as those Spanish teams have Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

The year of 2014 is reaching its end and certain managers and players are taking their time to reflect on what has happened in the past 12 months, one of these figures is Pep Guardiola as the coach of Bayern Munich is well aware that everything has been going superbly well for the German coach that he is in charge of but it doesn’t necessarily mean that the next year will be the same.

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the president of Bayern Munich, does not think that Louis Van Gaal is as good a coach as Pep Guardiola.

Van Gaal had been in charge of Bayern Munich for a couple of seasons and If Rummenigge is to be believed, he was kind of bullish in that period.

Van Gaal, however, had a lot of results to show in his very first season in charge. Not only did he guide the Bavarians to the Premiership title, but, also, to the Cup glory.

He could have completed the treble if not for that loss against Internazionale in European Cup final.

Pep Guardiola has said that Bayern Munich have been improving with every game this season and he has possibly seen the best performance from his players in the 4-0 win over Hannover during the weekend. Bayern Munich sustained their four-point advantage at the top of the table after this victory, which was especially important given that there nearest rivals Hoffenheim also managed a win from their match. Realistically, this is seen as a one horse race already in the Bundesliga this campaign since some of the strongest teams like Borussia Dortmund are languishing in the bottom of the table.