Pep Guardiola has tightened the discipline at Bayern Munich by introducing a "fines" system for his players, Sport Bild reports.
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Guardiola joined Bayern in the summer of 2013 and led the Bavarians to a domestic double of Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal trophies in his first season.
However, in order to keep his players on their toes for the new campaign, Guardiola introduced stricter guidelines for players in preseason, including fines of 250 euros for turning up late for training and not throwing the used training kits into the laundry -- according to Sport Bild.
Other punishable offences reportedly include not eating within an hour of training or a match, using cell phones in a designated player area at the Bayern training ground and not sticking to the dress code.
During his time at Barcelona, Guardiola used a similar system to instill discipline into his players, with the Catalan club's two Champions League triumphs and myriad other successes under him appearing to suggest that his methods are effective.
Guardiola was keen to avoid details of his fines system being leaked but the information found its way to Sport Bild, who put the story to Philipp Lahm.
"I won't comment any internal affairs," responded Bayern's captain who, according to the paper, is responsible for collecting the fines.
During his first season at Bayern, a mole had revealed Bayern team tactics in Bild, and left Guardiola searching for who was responsible for the leak for a number of days.
At that time, he had warned his players that "heads will roll" once he traced the person responsible, but the mole was never made public.
Meanwhile, Bayern winger Arjen Robben has praised his coach for making him a better player, telling Munchener Merkur: "I have the feeling that I have made another step forward last season. I might no longer be the youngest, but I have still been able to learn and get better. Thanks to him."
Robben insisted that there has been no need for Guardiola to make drastic changes to his approach ahead of the new season.
"And why should he?" Robben said. "His first year was very successful. You can discuss the Champions League semifinal [a 0-5 aggregate defeat to Real Madrid], that was disappointing. But we also broke many records, lifted the cup, and that was particularly super."