Mario Gotze has revealed his dream to play alongside Lionel Messi at Barcelona while talking up his chances of earning a recall to the Germany national team.
Gotze's career journey has been a rollercoaster up this point, with persistent fitness problems and a battle with a metabolic illness curtailing his progress after his match-winning goal in the 2014 World Cup final for Germany.
The midfielder also won multiple titles at both Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich before his decline began and after an ill-fated second spell at Westfalenstadion, he now finds himself playing in the Eredisivie with Dutch giants PSV.