Matthias Ginter is moving from Borussia Mönchengladbach to SC Freiburg, this news surprised quite a few. Now the national player explains his motives: He feels betrayed by Gladbach and sharply criticizes his club for only having made him an “alibi offer”.
National soccer player Matthias Ginter has criticized Borussia Mönchengladbach for dealing with him. The 28-year-old reported in the fan podcast “MitGeredet” about a conversation with his advisor last summer. While Ginter had received signals from the then Gladbach sports director Max Eberl that the club wanted to extend the contract with the defender, which expired after this season, the consultant now reported: “The ideal solution for Max and the club would be to sell you.” That was very bitter and hard for me. Something broke there. Because I felt like we wanted to build something together.”
The Gladbach professional is surprisingly returning to his training club SC Freiburg after the current season from the Bundesliga soccer club from the Lower Rhine. About what happened in Gladbach, Ginter said: “In October there was a contract offer. Max approached my advisor, who first thought it was a joke. It was an alibi offer to say afterwards: “We made him an offer!”
Ginter added: “Sums were then rumored to be around four million or that I asked for too much. I can put everyone at ease. But I said to my advisor: “No matter what the sum is, the thing is done. We don’t need to talk anymore because it was so disappointing how things went in the summer.”
According to Ginter, there were “three to four clubs” in Germany that could have been considered for a transfer. He had the best feeling with Freiburg. “The sporting role for me, the coach, the environment, the fans. If we’re honest, it was just 100 percent right in Freiburg,” he said. “Especially since there was this feeling of home.”
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