Niko Kovac, manager of Bundesliga's Bayern Munich on Friday said that the reports by Bild about some of the club's players being increasingly frustrated with him are "ridiculous."

"I don't want to exaggerate it. It is not the case that it's boiling over. Of course, this or that player is dissatisfied. And of course, lots of people want to read things into it, look at body language, and so on. We are stable," said Kovac at the press conference prior to Bayern Munich's game against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Previously, Bild wrote that multiple players have been upset with Kovac's rotation decisions, confused with his offense plans and angry at him speaking Croatian instead of German to certain people.

The team's midfielder James Rodriguez was quoted yelling "We are not in Frankfurt!" in the locker room after a disappointing 1-1 draw against Ajax on Tuesday, though Kovac was not in the locker room then. Since the new manager took over, Rodriguez's time in the field became very unstable and as a matter of fact, he has not finished even one complete game this season.

According to Bild, Sandro Wagner, Niklas Sule, Leon Goretzka, and Serge Gnabry do not like Kovac either. Like Rodriguez, they have not played many minutes so far in the season.

In response to the above report, Kovac said: " We have already been very successful with rotation; you can't blame [recent results] on the fact that this or that played or not. We have to see that we can start with fresh players. We have three injured ones. And a game every three days. Every player has his value. James is a very important player for the club and also for me. I can't start with twelve players, and James will play exactly as many games as the others."

The manager's casual use of Croatian when talking to assistant coach Robert Kovac, who is also his brother, sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic and goalkeeping coach Toni Tapalovic even when others are around is also frustrating to some players. They find it very disrespectful not only because they cannot understand what the manager is saying but also because Bayern Munich encourages their players to learn German, wrote Bild.

As for offense plans, Kovac is accused of having no clear concept compared with his predecessor Josef "Jupp" Heynckes. Several players also found that they were unable to play in their most comfortable positions. The consecutive three no-win games in Bundesliga and European Champions League were at least proof that something went wrong with the team's attack.

As for such criticism, Kovac said: "We were praised to the heavens; people said that we'd go undefeatable. I can't take that seriously. All of a sudden there is no game concept, no structure, no organization behind (our game). I have to laugh."

46-year-old Kovac does not have a glorious enough list of honors as manager while Bayern Munich has rarely been known for having many "mama's good boys." Therefore, it's only normal that there are problems with the team, especially when the season is still at the early stage. Both have time to find ways to adapt to each other and improve their performances. Meanwhile, let's not forget that Carlo Ancelotti, who has won way more titles than Kovac, lost his job at Bayern Munich last season due to similar conflicts in the locker room.