This might be a confusing time in world history, but we can always rely on the constants. There is death, which is all too apparent.
And there are taxes. And there's also Mario Gotze being linked with a move to Liverpool. The latter is entirely inconsequential of course, but it has been fascinating and predictable to see those old links emerge again in the wake of the Germany World Cup winner announcing that he will be leaving Borussia Dortmund in the summer.
In a statement loaded with well wishes for everyone around the globe, Gotze also said: "I have decided to make a change in the planning of my career. “What the sporting future will bring will only become apparent when a little normality has returned to the world." Amen, Mario.
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