Franck Ribery admits his relationship with Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal is not a good one.

The France midfielder was linked strongly with a move to Real Madrid this summer, but that switch never materialised and he looks likely to stay at the Allianz Arena until January at least.

Ribery has not started a club game this season as he bids to regain full fitness, and has reportedly not seen eye to eye with Van Gaal, who took over this summer.

"It is important that you have faith in the coach, but with him (Van Gaal) it is complicated," he said in L'Equipe.

"This is the first time that my contact with a coach is not positive. There's not much feeling between us."

Bayern have won just one of their opening four Bundesliga games and lie eighth in the table with five points.