“Totally offended”: Struth spills the beans on BVB row after Götze transfer | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund lost one of its greatest talents, Mario Götze, to FC Bayern in 2013. Years later, agent Volker Struth recalls the explosive transfer—and how he was “thoroughly insulted” by BVB sporting director Michael Zorc.

The transfer of Mario Götze from Borussia Dortmund to FC Bayern Munich in 2013 remains one of the most sensational moves in Bundesliga history. Now, player agent Volker Struth has once again described just how intense the reactions in Dortmund were at the time—especially from BVB sporting director Michael Zorc.

On BILD’s Phrasenmäher podcast, Struth recalled his conversation with Zorc. It was very emotional after it became clear that Götze would trigger his release clause. “He insulted me like no one else has in these 20 years,” the agent said, looking back on his encounter with the then Dortmund sporting director.

Götze’s contract with BVB contained a release clause of 37 million euros, which FC Bayern activated. For the Dortmund officials, the news came at a particularly sensitive moment. Götze was one of the faces of coach Jürgen Klopp’s team, which had snatched the championship from Munich twice in a row.

Götze Transfer to FC Bayern: Intense Reaction at BVB

Struth no longer wants to repeat the exact words Zorc used at the time. “I think I’m too old now to repeat that. They were not above the belt,” the 59-year-old explained. The agent had already written about the incident in his book.

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In it, he describes how Zorc hurled “every insult the German language has produced, one after another, for minutes on end” at him. Struth says he simply reacted calmly at the time and tried to defuse the situation. Interestingly, even Struth himself was not convinced by his client’s move. “Even when Mario moved to FC Bayern, I had a shitty feeling, and if it had been up to me, this transfer wouldn’t have happened,” he explained on the podcast.

In sporting terms, the great expectations in Munich were ultimately not fully met. After three years with the German record champions, Götze returned to Borussia Dortmund in 2016. The 2014 World Cup winner is now under contract with Eintracht Frankfurt. However, the spectacular 2013 transfer continues to be a topic of conversation.

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