Mario Götze still has more followers on Twitter than his club, but in sporting terms it has lost more and more importance. The days of the 2014 World Cup hero at Borussia Dortmund seem to be numbered.
In the Bundesliga top game between the table runners-up and his former club FC Bayern, which would have taken place on Saturday without the corona crisis and possibly would have resulted in a preliminary decision in the title fight, the noble reserve would only have appeared as a supporting actor – as so often in the past few months.
Götze’s search for a new club is considered tricky and is made even more difficult by the current uncertainty on the transfer market. It seems hard to imagine for the professional world that the 27-year-old is still on the wish list of well-known clubs.
“I assume that the top clubs are not waiting for Mario Götze. I think he has to bake small rolls – both from the club and from the salary,” commented the 1990 world champion and today’s TV expert Lothar Mattäus in a “Sky” -Podcast.
Will BVB soon be “Category B”?
Similar to Matthäus, Michael Rummenigge also sees the future of Götze, who is expecting the first child together with his wife Ann-Kathrin, rather at clubs “category B”: “I think of clubs of the order of magnitude Everton, West Ham or Italian middle class- In the Bundesliga he could go with Borussia Mönchengladbach or Leverkusen, “wrote the former Munich and Dortmund professional in a column for the” Sportbuzzer “.
Very few believe that Götze will remain with BVB beyond the end of the contract this summer. After all, coach Lucien Favre has used the noble technician even less often this season than in the past season. In addition, negotiations with BVB to extend the cooperation have been unsuccessful for months.
The problem: Götze is higher on the salary list than it reflects its sporting importance for the team. However, he reportedly does not want to accept a significant drop in salary planned by the top management.
His level as a top earner could be one reason why the interest in Götze seems to be limited, even though he would be free of charge. Media reports that league competitor Leverkusen is considering an obligation were immediately denied by Bayer Sports Director Simon Rolfes: “Mario Götze is a good player. But he is not an issue for us.”
Rummenigge sees “financial oversaturation” at Götze
Hertha Managing Director Michael Preetz had previously confirmed that former Berlin coach Jürgen Klinsmann had tried to change Götze in his only eleven-week term: “But I didn’t get any feedback. I think it was the case with Mario Götze that he just didn’t get him on the phone. “
According to Matthäus, a change of club could have a positive impact on Götze’s performance: “I wish him to come back. But for that he needs trust from a club, trust from a coach and trust in himself. If he can do that, he can attack again. “
Michael Rummenigge recommended Götze to try “more as a director” again because of lost speed and to think less about money. “It could be due to financial oversaturation. You might not be as ready to torture yourself anymore,” Rummenigge conjectured. “Mario now has to understand that it is up to him to save his career and bring it to a conciliatory end.”
The brother of Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge also gave Götze the tip to leave “all this crap on social networks” and concentrate solely on the sport: “When I sometimes see him on Instagram, I wonder whether he’s still a footballer or a show talent. “
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