Mario Gotze brutally slammed for Liverpool transfer interview

PSV Eindhoven star Mario Gotze has been told that he would ‘never have played’ for Liverpool.

The Germany international was heavily linked with a move to Liverpool soon after Jurgen Klopp took charge of the club. The summer of 2016 saw strong links that the pair who worked together at Borussia Dortmund could be reunited.

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However, instead of moving to Liverpool, Gotze instead completed a return to Dortmund from Bayern Munich. Four years later, in 2020, Gotze signed for PSV.

In a recent interview, Gotze admitted that he should have signed for Liverpool back in 2016 Instead of moving back to Dortmund. Instead, Klopp opted to bring Sadio Mane to the club from Southampton.

Former PSV star Rene Van der Gijp, who won two Eredivisie titles with the Dutch club in the 1980s, has reacted to Gotze’s recent comments. He has explained why the German international ‘would never have played’ for Liverpool had he moved to Anfield.

“I really thought he had a very good picture of himself,” Van der Gijp, a two-time Eredivisie champion with PSV in the 1980s, told Today Inside, via HITC.

“He thinks: