Mario Götze was considered a failure in the summer of this year.
In terms of sport, he had hardly experienced any appreciation at Borussia Dortmund and was a top-paid high-class reservist.
The club did not want to extend the contract of the 28-year-old attacking player, there was no imagination that he could find his old form again.
For a long time it looked as if the interest of other clubs wasn't that great either.
But at the beginning of October there was something to announce: PSV Eindhoven signed him.
A big surprise.
Götze was expected in the leagues of Spain or Italy, possibly also in the Bundesliga - but not in the internationally rather second-rate Dutch Eredivisie.
Question:
Mr. Götze, on a scale from 1 to 10 - how satisfied were you at the beginning of the year, and how satisfied are you today?