Sensational Bundesliga Transfer: Mario Götze to join Bayern Munich from Dortmund!

In a sensational transfer in the Bundesliga 20 year old German international Mario Götze will be leaving Borussia Dortmund in the summer to join rivals FC Bayern Munich for a fixed transfer fee of 37 Million Euros.

German tabloid Bild reported in the early hours of today the sensational Mario Götze transfer. The timing couldn't have been worse with both clubs playing Spanish sides in the Champions League semifinals, but especially in Dortmund everyone is in a state of shock and disbelieve.

German international Mario Götze is regarded as the new Lionel Messi and the next big superstar of world football. Götze is the most gifted current German footballer; he is an instinct footballer and rather short at 5foot9inch, but technically incredibly gifted, with exceptional positional sense and an eye for situations.

The future Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola wanted Götze to join the Bavarian giants and made Götze his first real signing at FC Bayern and regards him to be the next Messi. Added pressure for Götze, but tomorrow night he can show if he still is a star in the making or already is one to challenge Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Mario Götze has been a Borussia Dortmund player since the age of nine though he is born in Memmingen, which is only about 120 kilometres away from Munich. The Götze family moved to western Germany when Mario was only six after his father became a professor at the Dortmund University.

In Dortmund Götze is considered as one of their own like other players in Marcel Schmelzer or the trio of Marco Reus, Nuri Sahin and Kevin Grosskreutz, who played in-between for other sides, but came back to BVB.

Many Dortmund fans thought that Götze, who is still only 20, would never leave the club and play for them until the end of his career. Many in and around Dortmund thought the Mario Götze to Bayern Munich transfer was a delayed April’s fool prank, but it is true and many Dortmund fans cannot believe that their beloved Mario is leaving for the hated Bavarians.

Mario Goetze extends Dortmund contract until 2016

Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund has extended the contract of their teenage sensation Mario Goetze by another two years until 2016. Goetze follows coach Jürgen Klopp, Director of Sports Michael Zorc, Management Head Hans-Joachim Watzke besides team mates Sven Bender, Lukasz Piszczek and Ivan Perisic who all had extended their contracts until 2016, while Marco Reus joins the club in the summer from Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Dortmund is trying to secure their long-term future and they see Mario Goetze as a key element of this plan. The 19 year old from Memmingen in southern Germany is happy to remain at Dortmund where he feels at home though having had offers from FC Arsenal and FC Bayern Munich.

Goetze is seen one of Germany's biggest young talent, who is currently recovering from an injury. Goetze hopes to be fit again in about 10 days time after having missed a few weeks of match action.

On the contract extension Goetze said, "Everyone knows how happy I am here in Germany. The team is currently in a developmental stage and I want to continue to be a part of this development."

Götze: Dortmund turn down 40M Euro offer from Arsenal

As I have written in my blog before German teenager Mario Goetze is one of the brightest young talent currently plying his trade in the Bundesliga. And as one would expect the young international Mario Goetze has attracted interest from some of the biggest clubs in Europe.



Now the first real bid has come in which club Borussia Dortmund have turned down outright. English Premier League side FC Arsenal had last week made a 40 Million Euros (appro. 35 Million Pound) bid for the BVB starlet which the club did not entertain as they say, Goetze is not for sale.



Borussia Dortmund won the German Bundesliga title last season with a young team which plays attractive, attacking football and they will want to build on that to be a force in German football in the years to come.



Especially an offer from Arsenal, who happen to be in the same group as Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League, is something which the Ruhr valley would not like to entertain.



And Goetze is at a stage of his young career where he needs to focus as his red card against Bayer 04 Leverkusen over the weekend showed even a young, cool headed player like him might not always be able to cope with pressure.

Mario Götze Germany's own Messi?

Earlier in the day I was talking about the German Bundesliga and Germany's win against Brazil on Wednesday as a football pundit on an Asian TV station. And in that chat the name of 19 year old Mario Götze came-up a number of times. Be it in connection with his club Borussia Dortmund or his great performance against Brazil for Germany.



The Memmingen-born teenager isn't the model athlete that many see as the prototype of a good football these days. He is short at 1,76 metres and a Lionel Messi kind of player who has speed, technical skill and creativity.



German Football Association (DFB) Technical Director Matthias Sammer has called Götze "one of the best talents that we've ever had".



And last Sunday German legend Franz Beckenbauer told the tabloid Bild am Sonntag, "It is not possible to stop Mario Goetze. He has the same assets as Messi."



"There is no one playing better than him," he said. "He runs through opponents as though they aren't there.



"He is an instinctive footballer, just like Messi," Beckenbauer added.



And how is Götze coping with the ever growing pressure? Very cooly and mature for a 19 year old though he himself has said he has to get used to stardom as he no longer can simple go shopping or go for a movie.



And Germany hopes he continues to play like he has over the last year while getting better and better all the time.

German teenager Goetze much sought after

18 year old Mario Goetze is one of Germany's brightest football talents and in his first season for Borussia Dortmund the midfielder has become a key component in the teams success which has taken them to the top of the Bundesliga standings. And Goetze happens to be one of Germany's many talented youngsters coming through the youth development system at Bundesliga clubs.

For his first professional season Goetze's stats are incredible. So far he has played 35 times for Borussia Dortmund in all competitions - Bundesliga, German Cup, Europa League - has scored seven goals with 14 assists. The teenager has also played four matches for Germany as a substitute.

Now even some of Europe's biggest clubs in Manchester United and FC Barcelona are showing interest in Goetze, but the youngster had only a few months ago signed a contract extension until 2014 though he did recently say that one day he'd like to play for a big club like Real Madrid, FC Barcelona or Manchester United.

With Dortmund on the way to their first Bundesliga title in nine years and UEFA Champions League football next season nearly guaranteed the club looks to keep most of their squad together. And coach Juergen Klopp wants to keep especially Goetze, who he has termed as an exceptional talent and last weekend Goetze just showed that when he scored a crucial equaliser against Hannover 96 with a beautiful solo

Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has said, ""If Barcelona or Real Madrid bid for a player, we will be fair and talk to the players concerned, but when it comes to Goetze, I can say this - he is not for sale. We would definitely turn down even a 25 million Euro offer. Mario has a contract with Dortmund until 2014 and not even an €25 million offer would be enough to lure him away from the club."

"Other clubs can save their offers for Mario Goetze. It's a waste of time," Watzke added.