Boateng on rumors about Lyon exit: “Trust in the coach is important”

Set under Blanc

Jérôme Boateng does not yet know that his club Olympique Lyon wants to part with him this winter. The “kicker” quoted the 2014 world champion according to a report by the French portal “Foot Mercato” stating: “No one from the club has spoken to me or my agent about it.”

The 34-year-old had recently had an operation on the meniscus and now explained: “My focus was 100 percent on getting fit again quickly.” He has a good feeling overall, will be playing again soon and thinks that he ready for the New Year’s Day game against Clermont Foot. Already this Wednesday, after the World Cup break, Lyon is due to play at Stade Brest.

With Boateng, Kroos & Adeyemi: Most expensive German footballers under the age of 19

15 Jerome Boateng | 2007/08 for €1.1 million from Hertha to HSV

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Age then: 18

14 Dzenan Pejcinovic | 2022/23 for €1.25 million from Augsburg to VfL Wolfsburg

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Age then: 17

13 Samed Yesil | 2012/13 for €1.3m from Leverkusen to Liverpool

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Age then: 18

11 Marian Sarr | 2012/13 for €1.5 million from Leverkusen to BVB

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Age then: 17

11 Leon Dayaku | 2019/20 for €1.5 million from Stuttgart to FC Bayern

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Age then: 18

10 Mateo Klimowicz | 2019/20 for €1.6 million from Còrdoba to Stuttgart

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Age then: 18

8 Nicolas Kühn | 2017/18 for €2m from Leipzig to Ajax

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Age then: 18

8 Luca Netz | 2021/22 for €2 million from Hertha BSC to Gladbach

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Age then: 18

7 Toni Kroos | 2006/07 for €2.3 million from Rostock to FC Bayern

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Age then: 16

6 Roberto Massimo | 2018/19 for €2.5 million from Bielefeld to Stuttgart

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Age then: 17

5 Leonardo Bittencourt | 2012/13 for €2.7 million from Cottbus to BVB

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Age then: 18

3 Lewis Holtby | 2009/10 for €3 million from Aachen to Schalke

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Age then: 18

3 Sinan Kurt | 2014/15 for €3m from Mönchengladbach to FC Bayern

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Age then: 18

2 Leon Goretzka | 2013/14 for €3.25m from Bochum to Schalke

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Age then: 18

1 Karim Adeyemi | 2018/19 for €10.1m from Unterhaching to Salzburg

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Age then: 16 | The original fee was €3.35 million. Thanks to the participation in the transfer to BVB, the sum increased.

Boateng was a free transfer from Bayern Munich a year and a half ago
French series champions, whose coach at the time was former Leverkusen player Peter Bosz – who sorted out the central defender at the start of the season. The Dutchman’s successor in eighth place in the table is now former French world champion Laurent Blanc.

“Since Laurent Blanc has been our coach, things have gone very well for me personally. I was always playing before the injury,” said Boateng, who started four times in a row. “The coach’s trust and opinion are important to me, everything else is irrelevant.” The defender’s contract in Lyon runs until next summer – according to the report from France, the new club management wants to hand the veteran over on a free transfer in January. In mid-December, Olympique confirmed the takeover of US investor John Textor.

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