Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has exchanged messages with Mario Gotze after the Borussia Dortmund playmaker was diagnosed with a metabolic disorder.
Gotze has not played in any of Dortmund s last six matches due to muscular problems and internal tests carried out by the club revealed the presence of a metabolic issue.
The Germany international was a key figure in the Dortmund side that won consecutive Bundesliga titles under Klopp in 2010-11 and 2011-12.
And Klopp has made contact with his former player, telling a media conference ahead of Liverpool s meeting with Arsenal on Saturday: Yes, we are in touch. We were always in touch.
I m in touch with a lot of my former players. With a situation like this then of course we exchange little messages.
What can I say? Now he knows about the diagnosis, now you have to work on it and with it. That s what he is doing at the moment and there s nothing else to say.
When we message, it s private and nothing for the public. Not all, but a lot of my former players I am still in contact with and we talk about things like this.
