Bayern Munich has slammed reports suggesting it threatened to exclude Mario Gotze from its UEFA Champions League squad if he chose to stay at the club for next season.

Reports in the German media claimed that Bayern had advised the 24 year-old to leave and would keep him out of Europe's premier club competition if he refused to do so.

But Bayern angrily denied those claims, directly referencing the allegations of its UEFA Champions League threat when releasing a statement that "demanded that media sources cease and desist from reporting false claims".

"This is complete fiction. It remains the case that we will resolutely defend ourselves against all false or even malicious reporting using all legal means available to us," Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said.

Gotze has one year remaining on his Bayern deal and has been linked with moves to former club Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool, which is managed by ex-BVB boss Jurgen Klopp.

The playmaker has been at Bayern for three seasons after signing from Dortmund for $55.9M in July 2013, but only started 11 league matches in 2015-2016 after a campaign interrupted by injury.

Gotze scored the winning goal in Germany's World Cup final success in 2014 and is with the squad at UEFA EURO 2016.