Mario Gotze to become Bundesliga Most Expensive with £31.5m move to Bayerrn

Mario Gotze is set to become the most expensive German player of all time after Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich announced the Borussia Dortmund midfielder will join them this summer.

Bayern said the 20-year-old will move on 1 July after the Germany player told Dortmund of his intention to leave.  "Gotze's agent told us he wants to make use of his release clause and move to Bayern," read a Dortmund statement.

The release clause is reported to be 37m euros (£31.5m).

The previous most expensive transfer involving a German player was striker Mario Gomez's £26.5m move to Bayern from Stuttgart in 2009.

Germany international Gotze will arrive at Bayern at the same time as Pep Guardiola, who the Bavarian club announced in January would take over from Jupp Heynckes