Berlin (AP) - record international Lothar Matthäus can well imagine a continuation of the career at Hertha BSC for Mario Götze, who was sorted out in Dortmund.
"If he should stay in the Bundesliga, Hertha BSC, this idea has a charm. He can improve the quality of play at Hertha," said Matthäus, an expert at Sky. On Saturday, Borussia Dortmund's sports director Michael Zorc announced that the winner of the 2014 World Cup final at BVB had no future.
"He's going to have to give up a little bit of salary. But I don't think it hurts. He has earned well over the past ten years, he shot us to the World Cup, he won German championships four or five times. He has also a success story behind me. From this side I would be happy to see this name Götze in the Bundesliga, "said Matthäus.
It is important for Götze that he gets the coach's trust again. "Bruno Labbadia gives the players trust, you could see that at Ibisevic, which was actually written off with Jürgen Klinsmann. From this side, Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga could be a team that might be writing a success story with him," said Matthäus.
Hertha's ex-coach Klinsmann is said to have already thought about a commitment of the 27-year-old in winter. Apparently there was no contact with Götze. "As far as I know, he tried Mario Götze at least. I didn't get any feedback," Hertha manager Michael Preetz said in March in the "Phrasenmäher" podcast "Bild". "I think it was with Mario Götze that he simply couldn't get him on the phone."
Matthew's statements on Sky