Zinedine Zidane joined a number of other French coaches on a trip to Germany to watch Bayern Munich train in order to pick up some tips . World Cup winner Zidane was among seven French coaches to have taken advantage of the international break in order to head to the German champions for a three-day visit . The group comprised Zidane , assistant coach of Real Madrid 's B team , Bordeaux boss Willy Sagnol , former Chelsea favourite Claude Makelele , Guy Lacombe , Bernard Diomede , Claude Le Roy and Franck Thivillier . Bernard Diomede , Zinedine Zidane , Claude Makelele and Willy Sagnol watch a Bayern training session . The group of French coaches took advantage of the international break to visit the German champions . Zidane , coach of Real Madrid 's B team , takes a photo at Bayern Munich 's training ground . Sagnol played for Bayern from 2000 to 2009 but Zidane , a triple World Player of the Year and 1998 World Cup winner , is the highest-profile of the visitors . The seven met chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on Monday and monitored training under Spaniard Pep Guardiola on Tuesday and Wednesday , Bayern said . In an interview for Bayern 's official You Tube channel , Zidane said : 'It 's an incredibly organised club with people like Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Matthias Sammer , who used to play football and really live and breathe the game . Then you combine that with someone like Pep Guardiola and the players that are full of desire and have a very precise footballing philosophy . ' 'Bayern are a big club , one of the top five in the world , but there 's also a family atmosphere . I 'm mightily impressed . ' The Bavarians are enjoying one of the most successful spells in their 115-year history , having won the Champions League once and reached the final twice more in the past five seasons . Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola ( right ) jokes with Rafinha during Bayern 's training session . French winger Franck Ribery stops by during training to talk with Zidane and Co. Bayern Munich manager Guardiola and Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso in training . They are also on track for a repeat of the 2013 treble , 10 points clear in the Bundesliga and still in contention for German Cup and Champions League glory . Bayern are also flush with cash . Turnover in the last fiscal year was in excess of £366million and they have also paid off their Allianz Arena home ahead of time .
Seven French coaches travelled to Bayern Munich for three days . Zinedine Zidane joined Willy Sagnol , Claude Makelele , Guy Lacombe , Bernard Diomede , Pep Guardiola and Franck Thivillier . They watched Claude Le Roy take training of the Bundesliga champions .