Rental deal preferred
24 games, and only nine of them over the full distance: At first glance, this is the meager record of world champion Jérôme Boateng at Olympique Lyon since his free transfer last September. The French media had recently repeatedly reported that the 33-year-old, whose contract with the Ligue 1 club runs until 2023, is not satisfied with this situation – according to “L’Èquipe” the relationship with coach Peter Bosz is strained. Is Boateng’s future in Turkey? At least the newly crowned champion of the Süper Lig Trabzonspor is publicly courting the defender’s services.
“The name Jerome Boateng has come up, now we are dealing with him. If the financial conditions are right, we would like to sign him,” coach Abdullah Avci was quoted as saying by “Sky” on Tuesday, referring to the news agency “Anadolu Ajansi”. According to this, the club, which won the national championship again at the end of April for the first time since 1984, ideally only wants to loan the 76-time national player for financial reasons. According to the TV broadcaster, in addition to Trabzonspor, several European clubs are interested in Boateng’s services, so the player himself could also imagine a return to the Bundesliga.
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The market value of the nine-time German champions, who played for five professional clubs during his career and generated transfer proceeds of around 27 million euros, had fallen by almost two thirds over the past year. At 3.5 million euros, the central defender is no longer among the top 100 most valuable German professionals, and Boateng is currently ranked 252nd in the Ligue 1 market value ranking.
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