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21st June 2016
02:34pm BST

"Fundamentally, England, Spain and Germany were the relevant leagues I could see myself playing football in," he told Suddeutsche Zeitung. "But at this stage there just was not that one English club where the overall package was fitting. "The overall package means: a club which fascinates me; a club I have always wanted to join, and where the sporting constellation is right, and which of course plays Champions League football next season. "And because of the latter one club was ruled out, and you can envision which club that was.”https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/726518784194957313?lang=en Although he was linked with pretty much every top club in Europe, Hummels explained that he was not approached by any club in La Liga nor did Arsene Wenger attempt to lure him to Arsenal.
"I don’t have to beat about the bush, and pretend they [Arsenal] wanted me," he said. "There was no offer. The same applies for Spain, there was always contact but no option right now. That's why I now have made the fundamental decision to continue my career in Germany."

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