In 2016, Mario Götze returned to Borussia Dortmund from Bayern Munich. From today’s perspective, the conclusion of his second BVB guest appearance is not too positive.
Mario Götze has about eight weeks left until his 30th birthday. Before the retired German international celebrates his milestone anniversary, he talked about his career so far in an interview. Of course, his time at Borussia Dortmund was also discussed.
Speaking to the British tabloid “Daily Mail“The offensive all-rounder was particularly harsh with his second episode at BVB (from 2016 to 2020).
Return to BVB for Mario Götze a “wrong decision”
When asked if he shouldn’t have switched to Liverpool, where his long-time sponsor Jürgen Klopp had just taken over as coach, Götze replied: “It’s always difficult to look back, but if you ask me now, then yes, me definitely should have gone to Liverpool.”
With his choice to return to Dortmund, he “simply made the wrong decision”, the 2014 World Cup hero and today’s PSV Eindhoven star summed up, but afterward, he “doesn’t regret it”.
The noble technician, who had previously played for FC Bayern for three years, never found his form at his old place of work.
Injuries slowed Götze down again and again, and he also struggled with a metabolic disease for a long time. And when he was able to play, he lacked the rhythm. The result was many frustrating moments on the BVB bench.
Mario Götze is still in “contact” with Jürgen Klopp
In retrospect, Götze would have liked to work with Klopp again.
“He had the biggest impact on my career. He can be very demanding – your friend at the same time, but also very strict. That drives you to do your best. That happened to me then and it’s happening to Liverpool now,” said the Dutchman. legionnaire.
Götze did not hide the fact that he almost ended up with the Reds in 2016. “We’re still in contact and at the time we talked about me coming to Liverpool. But I wasn’t in the mental state to really consider it. That’s why it didn’t happen,” said the Memminger native.