Player directly quizzed on Aston Villa links – Says decision will not ‘take much longer’

Aston Villa have been credited with an interest in Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Matthias Ginter.

The centre-back’s current deal runs until June 30th and he’s confirmed his decision to leave the Bundesliga side as a free agent in the summer.

At the start of this week, Sky Deutschland journalist Florian Plettenburg explained that Steven Gerrard ‘wants him’ at Aston Villa in the summer. Despite the interest shown by the English club, it was stated the 28-year-old has ‘not made a decision’ yet on his future.

Sport1 have a detailed interview with the Germany international and it included a discussion on his future. With reports linking the defender to the Premier League side, he was specifically quizzed on whether or not these claims are ‘correct’.

Responding to Aston Villa links, Ginter said: “I would like to hold back on specific clubs or domestic and foreign issues for the time being. But of course, you talk to different people and you have a few things that are important to you. Then you will see everything else.”

Having not rubbished the reports linking him to Aston Villa, the defender then admitted that it won’t be long before he makes a decision on his next step of his career.

“At the moment, I talk a lot with my family and with other people I trust. It’s difficult to come up with a timeline, but I don’t think it will be too long before there’s anything to announce. But whether it will ultimately be in one, two or three weeks – I have no idea,” he explained.

“I don’t think it will take much longer. If something is fixed, it will also be reported. But until then you have to be patient.”

Ginter also detailed the factors he will have to consider when deciding on his future club.

“Of course, it’s also about the family environment, that was always great here at Gladbach. In addition, for me it is also about the club itself, about the fact that it has potential and is ambitious and that the sporting role planned for me fits,” he stressed.

“In addition, it is always important for a player that the coach likes you. There are a few sporty things, a few aside from that and ultimately you weigh things up. There will never be 100% security beforehand anyway, but you try to decide as well as possible.”