Report: Gotze agrees to join Bayern

Borussia Dortmund star Mario Gotze has reportedly agreed to join newly-crowned Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich next season.

Gotze, long regarded as one of the best young footballing talents in the world, has been widely tracked by several top European clubs, including Manchester United, Arsenal and Barcelona, and the German international was believed to have been interested in securing a move abroad.

However, it appears that Bayern, who dominated and won this season's Bundesliga title with five games to spare, have won the race to secure Gotze's signature.

According to German publication Bild, Gotze, whose current contract with Dortmund expires in 2016, will join Die Roten at the end of the season after the Bavarian giants activated the 20-year-old's €37m release clause.

Gotze, who won the Bundesliga with Dortmund in 2011 and 2012, will reportedly sign an attractive €7m-a-year with Bayern which will run to 2016, a €2m-a-year pay rise from his current contract.

This will mark the second major coup for Bayern following their signing of former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola for next season.

Neither club could be immediately reached for comment.

Bayern will take on Barcelona in the first-leg of their Champions League semi-final tie on Tuesday.

Gotze has scored 10 goals in 28 league appearances for Dortmund this season.