by Kingseyi Wed Jul 25, 2018 3:14 pmBayern Munich centre-back Jerome Boateng
could join Paris Saint-Germain providing the
price is right, the German giants’ chairman Karl-
Heinz Rummenigge suggested on Wednesday.
“There is no direct contact between the clubs at
the moment, but there is contact between the
agents, Jerome has two,” Rummenigge said in
Philadelphia on Bayern’s tour of the USA.
“Now, we have to wait and see if we can find a
base at the end of the day to get together and
need to find a compensation that is acceptable
to both sides,” Rummenigge added.
PSG’s German coach Thomas Tuchel reportedly
met with Boateng before the World Cup in May,
according to magazine Sport Bild.
However, Bayern chairman Uli Hoeness said no
formal approach has yet been made.
“If there was a concrete offer, I would have been
informed. That is not the case at the moment,”
said the Bayern boss.
Boateng, a 2014 World Cup winner with
Germany, is currently valued at 45.5 million
euros ($53.2 million).
He had a poor World Cup campaign after being
sent off for two yellow cards in the last-gasp
2-1 win over Sweden and was suspended for
the shock 2-0 defeat to South Korea, which
confirmed Germany’s exit after the group
stages.
However, the burly centre-back has hinted at his
desire to leave Bayern, who are reportedly
chasing Benjamin Pavard, Vfb Stuttgart’s French
World Cup winner who can play right-back or
centre-back.
“Basically, we have enough players in the
position, both quantitatively and qualitatively,”
said Rummenigge, in regards to Boateng, with
Bayern centre-backs Mats Hummels and Niklas
Suele both in the Germany squad.
However, the biggest stumbling block to a
possible transfer for Boateng to Paris is likely to
be UEFA’s financial fairplay rules, which forbids
clubs from spending more than they earn.
In the last 12 months, French champions PSG,
one of the world’s wealthiest clubs and owned
by Qatari shareholders, bought Brazil star
Neymar, for a world record 222 million euros
from Barcelona, and Kylian Mbappe, for 180
million euros from Monaco.
Earlier this month, European football’s governing
body UEFA reopened a financial fair play case
against big-spending PSG over the Neymar and
Mbappe transfers.
could join Paris Saint-Germain providing the
price is right, the German giants’ chairman Karl-
Heinz Rummenigge suggested on Wednesday.
“There is no direct contact between the clubs at
the moment, but there is contact between the
agents, Jerome has two,” Rummenigge said in
Philadelphia on Bayern’s tour of the USA.
“Now, we have to wait and see if we can find a
base at the end of the day to get together and
need to find a compensation that is acceptable
to both sides,” Rummenigge added.
PSG’s German coach Thomas Tuchel reportedly
met with Boateng before the World Cup in May,
according to magazine Sport Bild.
However, Bayern chairman Uli Hoeness said no
formal approach has yet been made.
“If there was a concrete offer, I would have been
informed. That is not the case at the moment,”
said the Bayern boss.
Boateng, a 2014 World Cup winner with
Germany, is currently valued at 45.5 million
euros ($53.2 million).
He had a poor World Cup campaign after being
sent off for two yellow cards in the last-gasp
2-1 win over Sweden and was suspended for
the shock 2-0 defeat to South Korea, which
confirmed Germany’s exit after the group
stages.
However, the burly centre-back has hinted at his
desire to leave Bayern, who are reportedly
chasing Benjamin Pavard, Vfb Stuttgart’s French
World Cup winner who can play right-back or
centre-back.
“Basically, we have enough players in the
position, both quantitatively and qualitatively,”
said Rummenigge, in regards to Boateng, with
Bayern centre-backs Mats Hummels and Niklas
Suele both in the Germany squad.
However, the biggest stumbling block to a
possible transfer for Boateng to Paris is likely to
be UEFA’s financial fairplay rules, which forbids
clubs from spending more than they earn.
In the last 12 months, French champions PSG,
one of the world’s wealthiest clubs and owned
by Qatari shareholders, bought Brazil star
Neymar, for a world record 222 million euros
from Barcelona, and Kylian Mbappe, for 180
million euros from Monaco.
Earlier this month, European football’s governing
body UEFA reopened a financial fair play case
against big-spending PSG over the Neymar and
Mbappe transfers.
