Mario Getze move to Borussia Dortmund

        Bayern Munich are in the final stages of negotiating a sell of Mario Götze back to Borussia Dortmund, according to Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. It’s confirmed that the disappointing three years of the Götze era in Munich is coming to an end.

      Speaking with Sport Bild ahead of Bayern’s friendly against SV Lippstadt, Rummenigge confirmed that Götze’s team are working on the deal to bring the attacking midfielder back to Dortmund where he spent the early years of his career.

     I can confirm that discussions are taking place with Borussia Dortmund and his agent,” Rummenigge said. “At the end of the day, an agreement must be reached over the fee. I cannot yet report that that has happened.

That transfer fee, according to Sport Bild, will be around €28 million plus add-ons.

      Mario Götze is a wonderful footballer. Unfortunately, it has not worked out for him at FC Bayern. He was at Bayern for three years; he's now 24 years old. He has to play now! Accordingly, the transfer is a logical development.

         Götze’s transfer to Munich was a much ballyhooed “destroying” of Dortmund and the rest of the Bundesliga by anti-Bayern people. However, once he arrive in Munich, Götze was unable to take the next step in his progression to reach that truly elite status in the game. The injuries and the immense competition that he faced at Bayern didn’t help the situation.

           Interestingly enough, Mario’s younger brother Felix is starting for Bayern in their friendly against Lippstadt.

After scoring the winning goal in the World Cup final two years ago Gotze’s career has stuttered, stalled and frozen in time on the substitutes bench of the Allianz Arena.

            Not fancied by former Bayern boss Pep Guardiola, the 24-year-old has been the subject of unrelenting transfer speculation as Anfield fan boys drool over YouTube montages.

            Then Carlo Ancelotti enters the fray. Ancelotti insists Gotze has a future at Bayern, Gotze decides he’ll give it one more year and fast forward a few weeks and he’s starting as the lone striker for the German national side in the opening Euro game against Ukraine.

           It didn’t go well. Criticism of his performance in an unfamiliar position rained in but, in a surprise to most, Germany boss Joachim Löw named an unchanged side for the second fixture against Poland.

             A dour 0-0 against the Polish and little to offer as a striker with a crucial clash against Northern Ireland coming, Gotze again retained his place in the starting line-up but was pushed into a wide midfield role – but how did he fair?