That is why Götze did not move to Berlin
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Mario Götze almost landed at Hertha BSC. But the transfer failed, like so many of the Berliners this summer. The large amount of money from investor Lars Windhorst is not only a blessing for the capital club when it comes to commitments.
Dhe rumor persisted. It was tempting too. Mario Götze’s contract with BVB expired at the end of last season, the 2014 world champion was available for free. Again and again it was said that the 28-year-old is about to move to Hertha BSC. But the transfer failed, Götze left the Bundesliga and went to PSV Eindhoven.
The Netherlands seem to be the right place for Götzes to start over. The midfielder is thriving at his new club and immediately became a central figure in Eindhoven’s game. It is speculative whether he would have succeeded in doing this at Hertha.
In any case, the Berliners were in contact with Götze in the summer. “Mario was on the market. But all parameters have to match for a transfer to take place. That was not the case, ”said Hertha’s sporting director Michael Preetz in“ Kicker ”a little nebulously.
A general problem for Berliners when it comes to summer commitments was the increased expectations of players and other clubs. With the millions of the investor Lars Windhorst, Hertha suddenly has completely different opportunities on the transfer market. This has of course not gone unnoticed by the other clubs.
“We agreed that we would not go along with it”
“At some clubs you could feel that we were the interlocutor who came at the right time to plug the holes in the coffers. But we always agreed internally that we wouldn’t go along with it. That meant that we said no a few times, ”said Preetz.
Nevertheless, Hertha signed new players for 33.5 million euros in the summer, plus the 77 million that Berliners spent on Matheus Cunha, Lucas Tousart, Santiago Ascacíbar and Krzysztof Piatek during the past winter break.
The many expensive additions haven’t really hit the ground yet, the team still needs time to find each other. The end in the first round of the DFB Cup in Braunschweig and seven points after seven match days do not meet the demands of the Berliners. “I would have liked to have made one point or another more and survived the first round of the cup,” said Preetz. This was possible despite the difficulties, and that would certainly have accelerated the development process: “In this respect, we need a little longer breath – but we have that.”
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