Overview

• Sporting director Markus Krösche said no agreement will be fixed in the coming weeks, with a reassessment planned in winter and periodic check-ins thereafter.
• The club remains open to keeping the 33-year-old but stresses it will not extend at any price, given his status as a roughly €3.5 million top earner.
• Götze has played only 17 competitive minutes this season after recurring muscle problems, which have slowed his return to full fitness.
• Young performers including Can Uzun, Jean-Mattéo Bahoya, Ansgar Knauff, Farès Chaibi and Hugo Larsson are strengthening their cases for minutes and raising internal competition.
• Götze has said he wants to stay beyond this season, though he has also previously discussed the MLS as a possible next step with a sport-business dimension.