Mario Gotze has explained why he has not chosen Pep Guardiola as the best manager he's played under, instead choosing a Premier League title rival.
The 2014 Germany World Cup hero played under the Manchester City boss while at Bayern Munich, winning three titles together. He was also managed by Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel at Borussia Dortmund across two stints.
Gotze was a key part of Dortmund’s back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012 under Liverpool manager Klopp and was brought back to the Black and Yellows by now Chelsea boss Tuchel in 2016. That followed a mixed four-year spell at Bayern.
READ MORE: Erling Haaland and Kalvin Phillips to meet Man City fans in Etihad event
All three will be gunning for the Premier League crown again this year and Gotze reflected on his time playing under them in his career. Upon speaking to BILD after his switch back to Germany and Eintracht Frankfurt from Dutch club PSV last week, he named which manager was “the best”.
"Every coach had his strengths and his own philosophy," he said. “But from my point of view Jurgen (Klopp) did it best in the area of people management — the team, the staff, the whole club led the best.”
The coach he played most games under was indeed Klopp, featuring for him on 116 occasions — mildly trumping his 114 matches under Guardiola. Gotze played just 16 times under Tuchel ahead of his sacking in May 2017.
READ NEXT:
