Chelsea Rumours Archive May 13 2016

12 May 2016 22:50:14
Ed reports that Chelsea spoke with gotze reps and are interested
Any truth
Thanks.

{Ed002's Note - Bayern Munich offered Goetze as part of a deal for Gundogan in the summer of 2015 but nothing came of it - although Dortmund would take him back at the right price but the Dortmund fans are seemingly in unison against such a move - one because he left for Bayern Munich and two because his form has dropped right away. Bayern have also spoken to his agent about a couple of issues with his constant bitching and whining. An enquiry from Juventus led to them being told that they would have to agree to pay at least his €37M release clause before there could be any discussions - and the expectation is that Juventus might agree to making a significant, but lesser, bid and will open discussions with a move being mooted for the summer of 2016, but critically they are looking at other options as they do not see Goetze worth anything like the asking price. The situation is that Goetze has gotten to the point where he has not been playing regularly for a long time but his club are still looking for a significant fee to help him move on - but not the ull €37M any longer. Bayern are certainly open to the idea of using him in part exchange if the right opportunity comes along. As for any interest from Liverpool, Bayern jokingly say they await the call from Liverpool but there has been nothing at this time. They are aware of all of the speculation and did request the player to state what discussions he has had with either Klopp or any other representatives of Liverpool. The result was that he had spoken with Klopp but no one else from the club and he has had the riot act read to him as I understand it. If Liverpool are interested then they know what needs to be done. Whether all of this will prompt other clubs to look at him or not is not clear right now - but many would see the investment as too much of a risk - and don't rule out another English side getting involved as there is a little rustling in the bushes, but again not at the quoted asking price but something rather smaller.}