Bundesliga Player sidelined indefinitely

Gotze out for unspecified time period with 'metabolic disturbances'

The details of the mystery illness which has kept Borussia Dortmund's Mario Gotze sidelined in recent weeks have become a little clearer.

A few days after the Bundesliga club stated that the midfielder was suffering from a metabolism issue, it has been revealed that the specific problem is a muscular myopathy one, a type of chronic muscle inflammation.

As reported by Bild, this is the exact reason the World Cup winner has been out of action, but the good news is that this is a treatable condition.

The 24-year-old has not played since the end of January and will remain out for an indefinite period of time, according to his club, who are in Champions League action against Benfica this Wednesday evening.