Götze suffers from Myopathy

Mario Götze is a German international who plays as an attacking midfielder for Borussia Dortmund and has been followed by all the top Premier League clubs. Comically Arsenal websites report Arsenal as favourites to sign him,which would mean he doesn't want to play UEFA Champions League football and I don't believe that for one moment.

The 26-year-old (27 next June) is thought to be being tracked by clubs in France (Marseille) and Spain with Dortmund looking to get around £22 million (€25.1m) for him say Sky Sports News while they Daily Mirror claiming the German club are looking to get £18 million (€20.53m) for him. Make your mind up chaps, it can't be both and given the Germans work in euros, neither look to be accurately converted at all.

My concern is that I believe he suffers from Myopathy, which is a disease of the muscle in which the muscle fibers do not function properly, resulting in muscular weakness. This naturally affects his football and isn't going to get better as he gets older.

We have had to manage Mousa Dembélé, do we really need to manage another players injury problems? We will have to look closely at the medical situation of the World Cup winner and weight up the risks involved, how much football we are going to get out of him and how his muscular problems stand up against the fitness levels Mauricio Pochettino requires.

In total last season he played 2,202 minutes, Mousa Dembélé managed 2,578 while attacking midfielder Christian Eriksen played 3,979 minutes.

Personally I think with his muscle problems he is a player we can overlook.

COYS