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BVB is now planning this with mega talent Youssoufa Moukoko
The 15-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko is to be immediately integrated into the Borussia Dortmund squad for the new season. After his 16th birthday, he would also be eligible to play.
For his family, Mario Götze waived one last assignment for BVB. He still comes to the stadium on Saturday. It will be a strange farewell, Götze’s teammates provide the most beautiful moment.
Am July 1st begins a new chapter in the life of Mario Götze. Then the world champion is no longer a Borussia Dortmund player, his contract ends, the club does not extend. Where Götze will go is not known. It is said that Italian clubs are interested. Everything indicates that the 28-year-old is leaving the Bundesliga. After eleven years as a professional, eight of them at Borussia (2009 to 2013 and from 2016).
Mario Götze and BVB – what sounded so promising when he returned to Dortmund ended Saturday rather sadly. Götze was not used in Dortmund’s last Bundesliga game this season against TSG Hoffenheim. He was not part of the squad.
Flowers and a photo collage – Götze’s farewell gifts
Quelle: dpa / Alexandre Simoes
However, this had no sporting reasons: Götze was recently often with his son Rome, born in June, and wife Ann-Kathrin, did not meet the hygiene requirements of the German Football League (DFL) – and decided not to play. There will also be no farewell game.
Because of the corona pandemic, Götze could not really say goodbye to the fans and they could not say goodbye to him. But at least there was a smaller ceremony: Götze had come to the stadium, he was wearing black mouth-and-nose protection. There was a smile underneath when the BVB management gave him a bouquet of flowers and a framed photo collage to say goodbye.
Applause from the other players
Managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke, sporting director Michael Zorc, president Reinhard Rauball and license player boss Sebastian Kehl got on the grass for this. For the farewell, Götze’s teammates interrupted their warm-up program and applauded loudly.
Zorc said recently about Götze’s second phase after returning from Bayern four years ago: “Of course, you have to say that the two parties imagined things differently than it went in the end.”
A metabolic disorder made it difficult for Götze. Coach Lucien Favre recently emphasized: “He is and remains a fantastic player. He didn’t play much, also because of the new system. He remains the smartest player I’ve seen, doing everything right on the pitch. I wish him all the best. “
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