Worrying News For Mario Gotze As He Suffers Another Setback

Since returning to Borussia Dortmund in the summer, Mario Gotze has struggled.

According to WhoScored, he's played 1289 minutes of football this season and has started just nine games in the Bundesliga.

In fact, he's not featured for Dortmund since January and now unfortunately does not look likely to play again this term.

That's because the club have published an official statement saying that he has been hit with "metabolic disorders".

It read:

"Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund will continue to be without midfielder Mario Götze for the time being. The 24-year-old World Cup winner has continually suffered with muscular problems in the last few months, prompting a comprehensive internal investigation into the possible causes.

"Those investigations revealed the player has metabolic disturbances, rendering it absolutely necessary to withdraw him from team training for the time being."

Commenting on the unfortunate news, the 2014 World Cup winner said:

"I'm currently undergoing treatment and will do everything in my power to be back in training and helping my team to achieve our common goals as soon as possible."

Here's to a speedy recovery for Gotze.

Josh Lawless

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