{"id":6305,"date":"2012-05-19T09:03:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T09:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6305"},"modified":"2012-05-19T09:03:26","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T09:03:26","slug":"monchengladbach-sign-basel-midfielder-xhaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6305","title":{"rendered":"Monchengladbach sign Basel midfielder Xhaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><strong>Berlin<\/strong>: German football side Borussia Monchengladbach has reinforced its squad with Swiss international Granit Xhaka until 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old Kosovo-born Granit Xhaka transferred from Basel to Monchengladbach following his signature under a five-year contract, the German club announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m delighted that the signing of the contract finally worked out. The decision was not hard. From the start I decided for Monchengladbach because it is a fantastic club,&#8221; Xhaka was quoted as saying by Xinhua.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Xhaka joined the professional team of Basel in 2010 to make two goals in 37 matches. In May last year Xhaka he was nominated for the national squad by Swiss national team coach Ottmar Hitzfeld. 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