Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has encouraged Mario Gotze to leave the club in order to get minutes on the pitch elsewhere, saying "we made everything clear to Mario" that he has no future at the club.
He told German magazine Kicker (h/t Stephan Uersfeld of ESPN FC): "We made everything clear to Mario. He knows what the club thinks and he knows what the future coach thinks. Mario has to consider for himself whether he wants to constantly get minutes."
Per Christof Kneer and Birgit Shonau of Suddeutsche Zeitung (h/t Uersfeld), Gotze was told by incoming boss Carlo Ancelotti over the phone that he would not feature in his plans, but the midfielder told Bild on Monday his aim was to stay put and fight for a place in the side—a position Rummenigge evidently hopes he will reconsider.