Catalan daily ‘Sport’ has reported that Stuttgart’s Mario Gómez is keen to make a move from the Bundesliga to Spain’s La Liga, despite various Italian teams casting a favourable eye over the marksman.
21-year-old Mario Gómez is the son of Spanish emigrants who settled in Germany, stands 1.89m tall in his socks and weighs 79 kilos.
The young gun has managed to score his way to the top of the pile in Germany, outstripping established goalgetters such as Makaay, Kuranyi and Klose (all have 11) with a table-topping 14 goals so far this season.
Last month, February the 7th to be exact, he made his absolute debut with the ‘Mannschaft’ and, sure enough, Mario Gómez was one of the scorers as Germany beat Switzerland 3-1 (see video summary below - number 32 Gómez scored the second).
Under contract with Stuttgart until 2011, and with a 25 million Euro buyout clause, Gómez is happy to stay in Germany – unless the Catalan giants knock on his door and make a good offer or are prepared to wait for Gómez.
"Barcelona is my favourite club outside of Germany and it’d be great to play there, but first Barça will have to either wait until I end my current contract or negotiate with Stuttgart", explained Gómez.
Stuttgart’s sporting director has already warned that they won’t be letting their rising star go easily. “There are teams from England, Italy and Spain who are interested in signing him, but we won’t just let the player go without a fight.”
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