Loew tips Gotze for Germany recall after Frankfurt move

World Cup winner Mario Gotze has been tipped for a Germany recall by former national team coach Joachim Low after returning to the Bundesliga by signing for Champions League side Eintracht Frankfurt.

Gotze completed his transfer from Dutch Eredivisie runners-up PSV Eindhoven by signing a three-year contract.

"I'm really looking forward to playing for Eintracht Frankfurt," said Gotze, who scored an extra-time winner in Germany's victory over Argentina in the 2014 World Cup final.

"The club has developed incredibly and embarked on an exciting, ambitious path which I am glad to be a part of."

Frankfurt have qualified for the Champions League for the first time since losing the 1960 European Cup final to Real Madrid after winning the Europa League last season.

Sporting director Markus Kroesche said Gotze turned down "numerous offers" in order to join Frankfurt.

"We have lacked a type of player like him so far," said Kroesche.

Loew, who brought Gotze on as a substitute in the World Cup final, is backing the midfielder to stake a claim for an international recall despite last playing for Germany in 2017.

"He has all the qualities for it," Loew, who stepped down as coach after Euro 2020, told Sky.

"He will play in the Champions League again, will be the focus here in the Bundesliga and will want to put himself forward for a World Cup place."

Gotze rebuilt his confidence during his two-year spell at PSV after struggling for form at Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.

As a fresh-faced teenager in the 2010/11 season, Gotze helped Dortmund win the first of back-to-back Bundesliga titles.

At the time, German legend Franz Beckenbauer described Gotze as "impossible to stop" and likened him to Lionel Messi.

Bayern signed Gotze in 2013 by