re: DER BOMB Götze to Bayern de Munich

I'm almost positive Merkel is just posturing for the public, I think they are buddy buddy and Uli is a member of the CDU. I don't know how knowledgable she actually is about soccer, but she attends all the national team games and some high profile Buli and CL matches. Always seems to be paying attention and somewhat invested in the match. Lord knows die Kanzlerin is not the most popular lady in Germany right now, so it would really be quite foolish for her not to publicly chastise him.