The previous most expensive transfer involving a German player was striker Mario Gomez's £26.5m move to Bayern from Stuttgart in 2009.Bayern sealed the league title on 6 April with six games to spare - a Bundesliga record. They are currently 20 points ahead of second-placed Dortmund.Gotze will arrive at Bayern at the same time as manager Pep Guardiola, who the Bavarian club announced in January would take over from Jupp Heynckes.Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke said his club were "disappointed beyond measure" about Gotze's decision to leave but that the player and his advisers had "behaved within the terms of the contract".And Klopp, speaking ahead of Dortmund's Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid on Wednesday, revealed that Guardiola's imminent arrival at Bayern was key to the transfer.He made his Bundesliga debut in 2009 and helped the north-west German club win back-to-back league titles in 2010-11 and 2011-12.Klopp said: "Gotze was the player Guardiola wished to sign.Gotze played at various youth levels for Germany before winning his first senior cap against Sweden in November 2010.So if it's anyone's fault it's mine. I cannot make myself 15cm smaller and learn Spanish. Gotze wants to work with this extraordinary coach that is Guardiola.
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