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Gunners keen on Ginter – but who exactly is he?

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Matthias GinterArsenal have been linked with an array of talent ahead of the summer transfer window.

The latest name to be added to the long-list of potential recruits is Freiburg’s Matthias Ginter.

But who is Ginter I hear you ask? Well here are eight things you should know about the Freiburg player:

1. Born in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Ginter, 19, is a German Under-21 international who operates in Freiburg’s midfield department.

2. Ginter has come up from the youth ranks of Freiburg, where he has been since the age of 11, and made the breakthrough into the first-team last season.

3. Last season Ginter made a total of 13 appearances (11 as a starter) and found the net once – this coming on his professional debut on the 21st of January 2012 against fellow relegation battlers FC Augsburg. A game Freiburg won 1-0.

4. His goal against FC Augsburg came two days after his 18th birthday, making him Freiburg’s youngest Bundesliga goal-scorer in the club’s history.

5. On the 23rd of January 2012, Ginter signed a contract to join Freiburg’s first-team.

6. Ginter won the Under-18 Gold Fritz Walter Medal, an award given by the German Football Association to youth footballers who excelled that season.

7. This season with Freiburg, the young midfielder has made a total of 22 appearances so far this season, bagging one goal along the way.

8. According to reports in Germany, Ginter is expected to cost around £6 million.

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