U.S.’s Fabian Johnson to Leave Borussia Monchengladbach

Fabian Johnson of Moenchengladbach in 2019. Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images

After six seasons with Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach, U.S international Fabian Johnson is ending his time with the German club. On Monday, Borussia Monchengladbach announced that Johnson’s contract was set to expire this summer and they won’t be extending his contract.

Monchengladbach will also be losing Tobias Strobl this summer after he agreed to a deal with FC Augsburg.

Max Eberl, the club’s sporting director, confirmed the news in a statement for Borussia’s social media. “Tobias Strobl has informed us that he would like to join FC Augsburg at the end of the season. We have also reached an agreement together with Fabian Johnson to let his contract run out.”

Johnson’s been with Borussia Monchengladbach since 2014 and has played 140 games, scoring 15 goals. During his first few seasons with the club, he was a valuable player, but in recent seasons he’s lost his spot in the starting lineup. In 2019/20 he only played seven games which surely impacted the club’s decision not to renew his contract.

There have been rumors that Johnson might come to MLS as a few teams have been interested in the 32-year-old player for a while. FC Cincinnati was interested in him, but the move never happened. It’s also possible that Johnson might play for the USMNT again; he last played with the U.S. national team in 2017 and was seen having talks with head coach Greg Berhalter about coming back to the club.

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