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Stefan Buczko, Dortmund blogger 8y

Bayern 'untruthful' to Mario Gotze in luring him from Dortmund - Watzke

Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke says Bayern Munich were not truthful to Mario Gotze when they signed him three years ago.

Gotze, 24, re-signed with Borussia Dortmund this summer after leaving the Black and Yellows in 2013 for Pep Guardiola's Bayern, where he could not live up to expectations.

In Dortmund, the 2014 World Cup winner will look for a fresh start. Watzke explained Gotze's misunderstanding with the German record-champions in German newspaper Zeit.

"Somebody was untruthful to Mario," Watzke said, referring to false promises the Bavarian club made to lure the German midfielder away from BVB in 2013 according to him.

When asked whether he was alluding to Matthias Sammer, the CEO replied: "I won't name any names, but that is how it was."

Borussia Dortmund will host Bayern in the German Super Cup on Sunday, where Gotze will go up against his former club.

After Nuri Sahin and Shinji Kagawa, Mario Gotze is the third player within three years who returns to the Westfalenstadion after failed endeavours for bigger and better at Real Madrid, Manchester United and Bayern Munich respectively.

"It is not disgraceful if you struggle at extremely capitalistic clubs like United or Real, who maybe put less emphasis on team spirit but have bigger competition within the squad," Watzke said.

Sahin left the Black and Yellows in 2011 for Real Madrid. The midfielder transferred back to Dortmund in 2013 after half a season with Liverpool.

Kagawa followed the call of Sir Alex Ferguson to Old Trafford in 2014 but took back the yellow shirt after not finding enough playing time for the English side.

"It was not a mistake to re-sign both [Kagawa and Sahin]," Watzke said. "Maybe leaving us was a mistake. Ask Henrikh Mkhitaryan -- he could watch the first 93 minutes of the English Super Cup from the dugout."

The Armenian attacking midfielder joined the Red Devils this summer on a four-year-deal for a reported fee of €42 million.

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