{"id":413722,"date":"2022-05-04T12:19:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=413722"},"modified":"2022-05-04T12:20:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:20:07","slug":"sources-matthias-ginter-rejects-aston-villa-move-after-big-money-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-matthias-ginter-rejects-aston-villa-move-after-big-money-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Matthias Ginter rejects Aston Villa move after \u2018big-money\u2019 offer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Borussia Monchengladbach star Matthias Ginter has rejected a summer move to Aston Villa,\u00a0<strong>Football Insider<\/strong>\u00a0understands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Midlands giants have pushed hard to sign the 28-year-old as they look to overhaul their defence in the upcoming window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recruitment source has told\u00a0<strong>Football Insider\u00a0<\/strong>that Ginter has turned down a \u201cbig-money\u201d contract offer from Villa and is instead set to join his old club Freiburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/02\/rsz_gettyimages-1371623927-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"Aston Villa\" class=\"wp-image-395300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/02\/rsz_gettyimages-1371623927-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/02\/rsz_gettyimages-1371623927-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/02\/rsz_gettyimages-1371623927-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/02\/rsz_gettyimages-1371623927-1140x783.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/02\/rsz_gettyimages-1371623927-750x515.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/02\/rsz_gettyimages-1371623927.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>That is a major blow for Steven Gerrard and the Villa recruitment team, who had hoped to take advantage of Ginter\u2019s imminent free agent status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 46-times Germany international is out of contract at Monchengladbach at the end of next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Claret and Blues are in the market for a centre-half this summer and identified Ginter as a potential option. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerrard is planning to revamp his defence in the next window and break up the partnership of Tyrone Mings and Ezri Konza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither of the defenders have convinced Gerrard since his appointment in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Villa boss has made it clear behind the scenes that the current squad is not good enough to achieve the owners\u2019 ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/matthias-ginter\/profil\/spieler\/124502\">Ginter<\/a> has made 30 appearances across all competitions this season and has scored once. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Historische Nacht \ud83d\udcab\u26bd\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MwO0mwZJVX\">pic.twitter.com\/MwO0mwZJVX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Matthias Ginter (@MatzeGinter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatzeGinter\/status\/1453749139163000834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The centre-half joined Borussia Monchengladbach in a near-\u00a315million deal from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is now set to return to his boyhood club Freiburg, whom he left in July 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tottenham-aston-villa-newcastle-devrij\/\">a source has revealed the door has opened for Tottenham and Aston Villa to sign Serie A star after \u00a315million reveal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borussia Monchengladbach star Matthias Ginter has rejected a summer move to Aston Villa,\u00a0Football Insider\u00a0understands. 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