Bayern Munich are furious with Germany coach Joachim Low for undermining their preparations for the Champions League clash with Liverpool.
Bayern slammed the "irritating and questionable" timing of Low's announcement that he will never pick Thomas Müller, Mats Hummels and Jerome Boateng again.
Bayern host their countryman Jurgen Klopp's Reds next Wednesday in the last 16 return leg after a 0-0 draw at Anfield.
They said in a statement:
"National coach Joachim Low has decided not to consider our players Thomas Muller, Mats Hummels and Jerome Boateng in the future.
"Basically, we do not comment on sporting decisions of the national coach, the nomination of the squad of the national team is solely the responsibility of Joachim Low.
"However, we believe the timing and circumstances of the announcement of this decision to the players and to the public for questionable.
"The last international match of the German national team took place on 19 November 2018.
"The fact that the players and the public were informed against FC Liverpool about three league months later, just ahead of landmark matches of FC Bayern next Saturday in the title fight of the Bundesliga against VfL Wolfsburg and a few days before the decisive return match in the round of 16 of the Champions League next Wednesday, irritates us.
"In addition, we were surprised that this was done yesterday in the context of an unannounced visit by Joachim Low and Oliver Bierhoff (Director National Teams and Academy) at Bayern on the Sabener road.
"Thomas Muller (100 caps), Mats Hummels (70) and Jerome Boateng (76) have completed 246 internationals for the German national team, they have an extremely successful decade of the DFB coined by winning the world title in 2014 as absolute highlight.
"FC Bayern have great respect for Thomas, Mats and Jerome's sporting merits for the national team and German football."