When he found out from his advisor last summer that Borussia wanted to sell him, there was a break with the club. “That was very bitter and hard for me. Something broke there“said the 28-year-old in the Gladbach fanpodcast “Thought with”.
The club made an “alibi offer”.
Before that, the club around the then manager Max Eberl had assured him during the first contract talks in February 2021 that he would plan with him as a leader and future captain and he himself had the feeling that in Gladbach “further to build“.
After a change in the summer did not come about for various reasons, the club gave him a “alibi offer” done, so Ginter: “But I said to my adviser: It doesn’t matter what the sum is, the thing is done.”
Retirement after 178 competitive games for Borussia
He was also particularly disappointed that he was unable to make his own statement when Borussia made his departure public at the end of the season: “The fact that I was exposed so publicly and I didn’t say anything about it from my point of view because I didn’t want to cause any trouble, that was the hardest time“Said Ginter. He felt a bit helpless there. But he didn’t want to give any interviews,”where to shoot“.
After 178 competitive games for Borussia, where he has been under contract since 2017, the native of Freiburg will return to his home club after the season. Ginter made his professional debut there in 2012 and played a total of 81 competitive games before his transfer to Borussia Dortmund in 2014.
This time gave him many beautiful moments, which is why he was confident in the podcast that he would have fond memories of Borussia: “If you look back at it from a little distance in two or three months, I think the positive outweighs it. So I have the feeling that I really, really enjoyed being here and really enjoyed playing for the club.“