Shock Liverpool U-turn: Mario Gotze agreed £9m-a-year deal at Anfield before this happened

BAYERN MUNICH midfielder Mario Gotze was on the verge of joining Liverpool last week.

That is according to German magazine Kicker, who claim the 23-year-old had agreed a £175,000-a-week deal with the Reds - worth £9.1million a season.

But the transfer collapsed on Monday when he decided to sack agents Sports Total and instead have a combination of family and Munich-based agent Professor Peter Duvinage represent him.

Reds manager Jurgen Klopp worked with Gotze for four years in the Borussia Dortmund first team before he controversially left for Bayern in 2013.

And Gotze looks set to remain at the Bundesliga champions this summer after revealing his hopes of impressing incoming manager Carlo Ancelotti in pre-season.

“I look forward to the new season in Munich and will do everything possible to be in top shape for my first training session under Carlo Ancelotti,” the Germany World Cup winner said.

However, Bayern's CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has refused to give Gotze any guarantees of regular football at the Allianz Arena next season.

He told Kicker: "I had talks with him (Mario) and Ancelotti. Mario knows the thoughts of Bayern. Everything was clearly and seriously explained to Mario.

"He knows what the club thinks and what the new coach thinks. Mario has to evaluate for himself whether he wants to play constantly."