Mario Gotze will have to take a step down in his career if Borussia Dortmund lets him go, Lothar Matthaus has said.
Lothar revealed that it will be difficult for the German to find a top club after his spell with his current team.
According to him, Gotze has achieved a lot in his career but he is not a kind of player that is in demand so he will need to take a step down for his next contract.
He added that it will not only be a step-down club-wise, the ex Bayern player will also have to take a pay cut for his next team.
His words, “I can’t see him joining a top club.
“Mario has achieved so much and secured the World Cup for us [in 2014]. He had great years at Dortmund and also had his moments at Bayern. But you have to ask: Where is a type of player like Gotze in demand?
“He has to take a step down in his career, not just club-wise, but also in terms of salary.”
Gotze himself had this to say recently, “I can’t see him joining a top club.
“Mario has achieved so much and secured the World Cup for us [in 2014]. He had great years at Dortmund and also had his moments at Bayern. But you have to ask: Where is a type of player like Gotze in demand?
“He has to take a step down in his career, not just club-wise, but also in terms of salary.”
“But for my active career, it was not that great, perhaps. The strong emotional response created huge expectations.
“It became lodged in people’s minds that I was the guy to score decisive goals in decisive games all the time. That was the assumption out there.”
