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Got a feeling Klopp has heard a few dodgy stories about him from his contacts over in Germany...bad attitude, put on weight etc
Gotze played for Klopp for a number of years at Dortmund. In fact I'm pretty sure it was Klopp that brought him through from the youth ranks into the first team. Not many managers know the player better as both a person and a footballer.
Gotze was adored in Dortmund and was playing superbly well for Klopp which is why Bayern came calling like they did. The BVB fans are naturally incredibly angry about that, hence the animosity towards him now. For whatever reason things didn't work out at Bayern but as brilliant as he may be, I get the impression that Pep is a hard man to please and it wouldn't take much for him to lose faith in a player. Plenty of other class players have sat on the bench under Guardiola's management.
It's clear as day that Poch values character and work ethic. If he believes that Gotze has the necessary qualities for us then I will back him to the hilt in wanting to sign him and I will simply ignore whatever rumours and stories have been put out in the media.