Jérôme Boateng has been keeping fit with the FC Bayern amateurs since this week. The currently clubless ex-national player wants to recommend himself for a contract with the Munich professionals. But the deal is not yet fixed. And: The German record champions apparently also have competition in wooing the 35-year-old.
Will Jérôme Boateng’s desired return to FC Bayern fail? The currently out-of-contract 2014 World Cup winner, who has been training with the Bayern amateurs since the beginning of this week, has apparently aroused interest from at least one other club.
According to information from the British online sports portal “TeamTalk”, Everton FC is one of “a number of teams” with which the central defender is said to have spoken.
The Premier League would not be new territory for Boateng. In the 2010/11 season he was on the ball for Manchester City. He won the FA Cup with the Citizens. However, he was unable to prevail. After just one year he moved to FC Bayern. He celebrated his greatest successes until 2021 at the Säbener Straße club.
FC Bayern before Boateng’s return: Is the competition bluffing?
However, the portal rates the chances of the 35-year-old signing a contract with the Toffees as low. As the report goes on to say, the chance of finding a place at FC Bayern was “too great”.
Possibly the table 16. The Premier League was even just bluffing when it came to signing Boateng. It remains to be seen whether Everton FC’s interest in Boateng was “just a ruse” to put pressure on the current central defenders, the portal said.
In fact, as things currently stand, everything seems to be pointing to a second Boateng engagement at FC Bayern. Munich head coach Thomas Tuchel in particular seems to be insisting on a commitment. According to media reports, the 50-year-old is considered the “driving force” behind the impending deal.
FC Bayern is hoping that signing Boateng on a free transfer will provide a (quick) solution to its personnel shortage in the defense center. With Dayot Upamecano, Minjae Kim and Matthijs de Ligt, there are only three experienced central defenders in the Munich squad. De Ligt, who has a knee injury, will be missing from the record champions until at least the international break. Upamecano is fit for action, but is suffering from pubic bone problems.