#17 - Jérôme Boateng

Bayern are making some solid moves in the market. They are also after Alex from Chelsea!

kiranr wrote:Bayern are making some solid moves in the market. They are also after Alex from Chelsea!

They've already signed Manuel Neuer, who could be regarded as a brilliant signing if he continues his great form.

To be honest, if their signings are able to gel with their current stars, I cannot see past Bayern Munich for the Bundesliga.

The Bundesliga side confirmed on their official website that after lengthy negotiations they have settled on a transfer fee with Roberto Mancini's side.
At present that fee remains undisclosed.
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said: "There have been some intense negotiations and we have come a long way to reach a satisfactory conclusion.
"With Jerome Boateng we have got our preferred candidate to play in central defence for Bayern Munich."
Boateng will leave City's pre-season tour to the United States and fly to Munich to undergo a medical.
The 22-year-old will then sign a four-year contract and return to Germany after spending one season in the Premier League.
City signed Boateng from Hamburg for £10.4 million prior to the World Cup finals last summer but he made only 14 Premier League starts for the club last season.
However it has been reported that City have asked for a far higher figure than that - perhaps as much as £18m.
Bayern sporting director Christian Nerlinger told the club's official website: "Jerome Boateng is a young German international, who fits perfectly into the philosophy of FC Bayern."

Congrats!

Finally your CB woes are coming to an end. Now just buy Another (not Alex) and you're set!

Zapata would have been so awesome at just 8m or whatever. I'm not sure we'll get another CB, but I'd love Alex (sorry, kick mars) .

Now for Vidal... come on Juve, you know you don't want him.

I consider bayern as one of my favourite teams so I hope you do buy another CB, you need it.

Definitely. I suspect Gustavo will be turned into a CB, for some reason. Not that that's bad, but it's not his natural position.

I can definitely see it happening with how cheap the management are.

i think vidal is coming too

now leave alex alone ffs

alex is useless if they get him

no he is not useless, Lahm - Alex - Boateng - Rafinha would be the best solution

TBH with Boateng doing the heavy lifting defence-wise, Badstuber might actualyl start to look good again. His playmaking abilities are really good for a CB and he really has his moments. I won't discount him until I've seen him play after being coached by Heynckes for a couple of weeks.

VivaStPauli wrote:TBH with Boateng doing the heavy lifting defence-wise, Badstuber might actualyl start to look good again. His playmaking abilities are really good for a CB and he really has his moments. I won't discount him until I've seen him play after being coached by Heynckes for a couple of weeks.

He'd also be covered by pure speed. We don't have a fast CB since what, Lúcio?

I hope he's recovered completely from that knee injury, though. I would hate a Robben-at-CB sort of player.

Great signing by Bayern, they are going to be one of the main candidates for the CL next season.

now buy Vidal and i'm happy even without another CB, Gustavo and Tymo can also do that

BAYERN_MUNICH wrote:now buy Vidal and i'm happy even without another CB, Gustavo and Tymo can also do that

But Gustavo and Tymo can do Vidal, too

yea you are right ... bu another CB won't come anyway so i prefer +Vidal instead of +No one

I agree... they don't want to sell, though.

Inter backed out, Juve are focused on Rossi... let's hope Voller becomes desperate and sells him now. If not, we try getting him for free which would be pure sex.

He didn't really get a chance as CB though, did he? I don't think the pace necessarily was his problem.

RedEyesWhiteBeard wrote:he was terrible at cb and terrible at RB, he couldn't handle the epl's fast pace and needed time to adjust, and at man city he wasn't going to get time. overall it was a success for boateng, he got the money he wanted and now can move back to Germany.

he was on only 70k a week nd with englands taxes...he was going home with 40k....he didnt exactly "get money"

England barely taxes footy players, though. But I don't think it was a money move anyway, it was a UCL-move. As is Bayern now.

We still have one signing to go.

Its either Alex, or Vidal!
I think its going to be Vidal, but honestly I prefer Alex..

And it would be great if we got both

good for Boateng .. seriously from the City bench to starting for Bayern.. are you kidding me, he should be estatic

Date of Birth: 03/09/88
Place Of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Position: Full Back - Centreback

Poor mans Van Buyten