Mario Gomez has returned home.
The 32-year-old had been Wolfsburg’s best player over the past few years and played a key role in the team’s relegation-threatened campaign last term, but he is now set to come back home after agreeing to return to Stuttgart once the January transfer window opens.
The towering striker came through Stuttgart’s youth ranks and went on to win the Bundesliga – as well as the German Footballer of the Year Award – in 2007. And since Gomez still feels he can play for the National Team in the 2018 World Cup, he sealed a return to the club where he has lived some of his best moments.
“I’m very happy to be back where it all started for me,” Gomez told Stuttgart’s official website. “I have sensed especially in the last few days how much I wanted to return to Stuttgart — to the club where I learnt my trade.
“I probably enjoyed my craziest time here winning the Bundesliga in 2007 — it is the club that made me what a player I am. I am looking forward to playing for the club again, the city, the people, the staff and my family. I cannot wait to get going.”
Overall, Gomez has scored 151 Bundesliga goals in 281 appearances for Stuttgart, Bayern and Wolfsburg. He also played for Fiorentina and Besiktas, but there is no question the best moments of his career have come in the Bundesliga.
Gomez has proven to be a prolific player for Germany as well, as he has won 71 caps scoring 31 times for Die Mannschaft.
