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Mario Götze’s salary at PSV, including premiums, does not exceed two million euros per year, it assures Algemeen Dagblad Wednesday evening. Earlier it claimed German Sports 1 that the midfielder who came over from Borussia Dortmund will earn three million euros in Eindhoven. In any case, Götze does a lot of water in the wine, because he earned ten million euros per season at Dortmund.

It AD Wednesday describes in detail how PSV managed to bring in Götze on a free transfer. On Tuesday morning around 10 a.m., on the last day of the transfer market, PSV trainer Roger Schmidt was tipped off that the 63-time German international was available. The people of Eindhoven did not hesitate and immediately sent Götze a salary proposal. According to the newspaper, that offer fits within the club’s salary system, which means that Götze will be able to collect a maximum of two million euros per year, including bonuses and premiums.

Within PSV, Götze’s name had already been mentioned more often this summer, but the arrival of the attacking midfielder was considered completely without a chance at the time. PSV also thought it had little chance, until the club received a message from a Götze contact. The offensive midfielder immediately agrees on the financial side of the offer, because ‘if money was the motive, Götze would already be somewhere in China or in the desert’.

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Götze would like to speak with Schmidt, the trainer he knows from the Bundesliga. Schmidt worked at Bayer Leverkusen between 2014 and 2016 and impressed Götze at the time with his so-called Vollgas-Fussball. Götze offers to drive from Dortmund to Düsseldorf, where Schmidt lives. The 28-year-old midfielder tells the PSV trainer that he became a father four months ago and would like to remain active in Europe. Furthermore, Götze says he is almost in top shape: the German may not have trained for three months with the Dortmund selection, he trains six days a week with his own fitness coach. Götze expects to be fully fit for competition with a few weeks of group training.

After the conversation, Schmidt calls PSV technical director John de Jong to say that Götze is indeed very interested. In fact, the ex-Bayern Munich player is already on his way to Eindhoven to complete his transition. A snack bar owner is the first to spot Götze’s car near the Philips Stadium, after which the news spreads like wildfire. Götze does indeed quickly reach an agreement with PSV about the financial conditions, and the medical examination also appears to be a formality. Just before midnight, the people of Eindhoven bring the big news about his arrival. “All credits to Roger Schmidt in this transfer”, De Jong said.

“And indeed, it also resembles the Andrés Guardado transfer that we once did with PSV”, De Jong said. In the summer of 2014, the Eredivisionist managed to stunt in the final week with the arrival of the Mexican international, who was initially hired from Valencia. Guardado had already played three World Cups and was considered a big name in LaLiga. After his initial rental period, PSV made him definitive.