Bayern Munich legend and honorary president Franz Beckenbauer paid a flying visit to Tottenham's Lilywhite House and the training gentre ahead of August's Audi Cup.

The World Cup winner spent time with chairman Daniel Levy and club ambassadors Ossie Ardiles and Gary Mabbutt.

The Audi Cup, which is being held at the Allianz Arena in Munich, is a two-day pre-season tournament and will be contested by Tottenham, Bayern, Real Madrid and AC Milan.

(From left) Ossie Ardiles, Franz Beckenbauer and Gary Mabbutt pose for a photo ahead of the Audi Cup

The honorary Bayern Munich president visited Tottenham's training ground complex on Tuesday

Beckenbauer was given a guided tour of the Hotspur Way base and told Tottenham's official website: 'It's brilliant what I've seen. Your training facilities are fantastic – I have never seen such possibilities with the practice fields.'

He added: 'I talked before with Ossie Ardiles, because, although I'm a little older, we are from the same generation, and in our day in Germany or England from October to April there was no grass on the pitch so now the players are in paradise!'

Mauricio Pochettino's side face Real Madrid in the opening game of the Audi Cup on August 4, before playing either Bayern or AC Milan the following day.