Germany international Mario Gotze is keen to remain at
Bayern Munich.
Mario Gotze insists he never considered seeking a move away
from Bayern Munich before this season.
Gotze scored the extra-time winner for Germany against
Argentina in the 2014 World Cup final but his struggles to nail
down a regular starting spot with the Bundesliga champions
continued.
Now in his third season at the Allianz Arena since a
controversial switch from Borussia Dortmund, the 23-year-old
conceded that missing out on selection for big games "was not
easy" but maintained that he is happy at Bayern.
"The last two years were certainly like a maturing process for
me," he told Suddeutsche Zeitung.
"I feel very, very happy here. I am glad to be a Bayern player.
"I would love to be a face of FC Bayern. I've played a good part
in the first two years and I want to play an even greater part."
He added: "I never wanted a transfer. It's quite possibly that
other clubs had interest, but I had no interest leaving Bayern."
Gotze left Dortmund under a cloud after sitting out the 2013
Champions League final against Bayern with a hamstring injury
– a match scheduled to be his last before an already sealed
move to Bavaria.
The player expressed regret over that period, not least allowing
a negative public perception of his transfer to develop.
"I made my own mistakes, but a lot of things that have been
twisted," he said.
"Probably the people have thought 'He signed there just because
of money. That's not a good person'.
"Today I know - at the latest at the beginning of the pre-season
in Munich, I should have explained my transfer. I should have
stated my sporting reasons to end all the speculations. By doing
so, it all would have ended. But I didn't and that left room for
some interpretations."
On his absence from the Champions League final, he added:
"The season ran toward its climax, all I had in my mind was the
final.
"I had completely different worries than my transfer. I was hurt
with my body, and then I was sad when it became clear that I
could not play the final in London."
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