Roberto Firmino urges Liverpool to sign Bayern Munich midfielder Mario Gotze

Liverpool playmaker Roberto Firmino has reassured Mario Gotze that he would be a good fit in the Red's side. 

The Merseyside club have been linked with a £20m move for the Bayern Munich midfielder ahead of the summer transfer window. 

Gotze played under Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp at Borussia Dortmund before he moved to Bayern in a £30m deal in 2013. 

Roberto Firmino has scored 10 goals and has made seven assists in his first season in the Premier League after he moved to Anfield from Bundesliga side Hoffenheim in a £29m deal last summer. 

The Brazil international backed Liverpool’s pursuit of the 23-year-old Bayern forward ahead of Wednesday night’s Europa League final against Sevilla. 

“Also Gotze I still know well from my time in Germany, when I played with Hoffenheim against Borussia Dortmund and Bayern,” Firmino is quoted as saying by Bild. 

“He has incredible qualities in attack. He would fit in well with us and will surely help us with his class also.” 

On Sunday, Bayern Munich legend Franz Beckenbaeur urged Gotze to follow Klopp to Liverpool amid increasingly talk of an imminent £20m move. 

Other reports have suggested that Gotze has been asking discrete questions in what life on Merseyside would be like ahead of a potential move.