Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Borussia farewell announced
Where is national player Ginter going?
National soccer player Matthias Ginter will leave Borussia Mönchengladbach. His contract with the Bundesliga club has been discussed for a long time, but the club cannot keep the 28-year-old. His summer destination is unclear – it will probably go abroad.
Matthias Ginter hesitated for a long time, but shortly after the Christmas holidays the national player made things clear. The national soccer player will leave Borussia Mönchengladbach at the end of the season, the central defender announced in a long and emotional post on Instagram. He will not extend his contract with the Bundesliga club, which expires in the summer, and wants to “take a different path in his career”.
Ginter’s personality was repeatedly discussed in public in Mönchengladbach, and sports director Max Eberl had repeatedly emphasized that he wanted to keep the defensive boss with the foals. And yet he couldn’t get Ginter, who will be 28 years old in January, to stay.
Ginter wrote on Instagram that he made his decision after “long deliberations”, that it was difficult for him to take this step after “five great years”. But he decided to leave Mönchengladbach for his “personal and professional development”. Nonetheless, Ginter assured that by the end of the season he would “give everything to achieve the goals that are still possible this season together.” And that he will “always have the club and the great fans in his heart”.
Change abroad?
It is still unclear where Ginter’s path will lead. Allegedly, FC Barcelona should have been interested, and clubs from Italy and England should also deal with the national player. For the 27-year-old, the step has to be considered carefully, a move abroad currently appears most likely.
Ginter moved from Borussia Dortmund to the foals in 2017 after failing to assert himself at BVB. The move to Gladbach turned out to be the right one. There he developed into a high performer and a solid support. Ginter is also one of the established forces in the national team, even if he recently had to prove himself again under the new national coach Hansi Flick.
At Mönchengladbach there is still a lot of work waiting for Ginter until the end of the season. The foals limp as table 14. clearly lagging behind their own ambitions. Coach Adi Hütter is under criticism, and Ginter’s performance has fluctuated recently. 32 goals conceded from 17 games do not meet the defensive boss’s claim – until the farewell in summer, Ginter now has the opportunity to lead his team back to higher regions of the table.