Ink dry! Ginter inherits BVB

Lange had longed for national players Matthias Ginter with a decision about his future, now the ink is dry: the defender changes to SC Freiburg for the new season from Borussia Mönchengladbach. It is a special change for the 28-year-old.

Matthias Ginter inherits Nico Schlotterbeck, who migrating to Borussia Dortmund. The Breisgauer announced this on Wednesday afternoon. As usual, SC Freiburg did not provide any information about the duration of the contract.

"I wanted to do something very special in my career and something more special than the return to the Borussia Mönchengladbachs club and my home country does not exist for me," Ginter is quoted in the club announcement: "The development of the entire club, the potential of the team As well as the special way of exchange with those responsible for the association in the past few weeks - you can find all of this in my homeland in today's times.

For a long time, the central defender was considered a candidate at FC Bayern, where in Niklas Süle there is also a place to move to Borussia Dortmund. International clubs such as Inter Milan or the English representative Aston Villa were also traded until the end.

The contact with Matze has never broken off and his relationship to home was always available, both geographically and Borussia Mönchengladbachy, "said Freiburg Borussia Mönchengladbachs director Klemens Hartenbach:" Of course we know the qualities of Matze exactly, but we will be able to work with a healthy and realistic expectation approach."

Matthias Ginter had officially announced in winter that he would not extend his contract in Gladbach to the summer. The defender once started his career as a football player at SC Freiburg as a D-youth, won the Junior DFB Cup twice as a U19 player. As an 18-year-old, he celebrated his professional debut in 2012. In 2014 the move to Borussia Dortmund followed, in 2017 he was drawn to Gladbach.