Mario Gotze has expressed his admiration for Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, while admitting that the pair did not enjoy a fluid relationship at Bayern Munich.
Guardiola swooped for the Dortmund star in 2013, to make Gotze one of his first signings at the Allianz Arena.
But despite winning three consecutive Bundesliga titles together, the forward struggled to replicate his best form while under Pep’s wing.
Now he has revealed that despite his deep respect for Guardiola’s track record, they did not click on a personal level.
“Pep Guardiola was technically one of the best coaches, a tremendous enrichment. But I had the feeling that he thinks only in the grid and leaves out the people and the outside,” Gotze explained during the DAZN documentary ‘ Being Mario Gotze’.