Valentijn Driessen thinks Mario Götze is ‘unambitious’ that he has extended his contract with PSV. The journalist of The Telegraph states that the 29-year-old German is not going for the highest attainable by signing a two-year longer contract in Eindhoven. “It does not show the ambition of someone who wants to win the Champions League. This is Europa League,” Driessen said in a video item for the newspaper.
PSV reported last Monday that Götze had re-signed until mid-2024. The club said that it had kept the attacking midfielder out of the hands of several interested clubs, including Champions League participants. “I understand from PSV that they are very happy, but from Götze’s point of view I think it is quite ambitious,” said Driessen.
“Certainly when I hear that there have been all kinds of hijackers on the coast, Champions League teams and such. ‘And we were able to keep him.’ Then I think: if Götze had ambition…”, says Driessen, who thinks he knows why the midfielder wants to stay in the Philips Stadium. “Of course he feels that he can handle the Dutch competition very well. He can excel here now and then. I have not seen him against Benfica at home in the Champions League, so that is just for sure.”
The presence of Roger Schmidt also plays a part in this, according to Driessen. “Of course he has a German coach and the entire coaching staff is German. That coach will of course stay, so it’s great for him. He can drive back and forth home nicely. It’s ideal for that boy. But he doesn’t feel like it to go to Juventus or Atalanta, or I know where.”
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