Struggling Italian team Salernitana is on the verge of signing free-agent defender Jerome Boateng, who was formerly with Bayern Munich. There was an injury issue in the defense for Bayern Munich in October, and the club began discussions to re-sign Jerome Boateng. Since Lyon chose not to renew the German defender's contract in the summer, […]

Jerome Boateng, a defender who supposedly excelled in training with Bayern Munich, has been told the club will not re-sign him. Bayern began talking to Jerome Boateng about a possible re-signing earlier this week in response to their defensive injury issue. Since Lyon did not renew the German defender's contract during the summer, he is […]

Former Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng is close to signing a free-agent contract to return to the club. After losing Matthijs de Ligt to injury, the German giants are vulnerable at the back and might need more defensive reinforcements. There was a noticeable void in the middle of the week without him, Dayot Upamecano, and […]

Berlin (AFP) – Germany defender Jerome Boateng was delighted to make his comeback on Saturday after shoulder surgery on a red-letter day for Bayern Munich, who went 10 points clear in the Bundesliga. Robert Lewandowki netted twice in a 3-0 win at home to Eintracht Frankfurt at the Allianz Arena to leave Bayern with 28 […]

Berlin (AFP) – Jerome Boateng has been taken to court over an unpaid deposit of 250,000 euros ($265,590) as the Bayern Munich star battles to be fit for their Champions League clash against Arsenal. A laywer representing the Germany defender was in Munich's district court on Wednesday over the unpaid bill of a quarter of […]

Berlin (AFP) – The tale of the Boateng brothers Jerome, George and Kevin-Prince — two of whom made history by facing each other at a World Cup finals — has hit the stage in Berlin. The play 'Peng-Peng Boateng' (Bang-Bang Boateng) is based on the 2012 book 'The Boateng Brothers' by sports journalist Michael Horeni […]

Berlin (AFP) – Jerome Boateng has been told to focus on his football, and forget the limelight, in the wake of Bayern Munich's shock Champions League defeat at Rostov. "Jerome has to calm down and take things easier (off the pitch)," Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told Bild. "Since the summer, it's all been a bit […]

Berlin (AFP) – Germany's newly-nominated player of the year Jerome Boateng says he plans to return from injury after September's international break. Boateng, 27, has been injured since tearing his right thigh when Germany lost to France in the semi-finals of Euro 2016 last month, but is targeting a return for Bayern Munich at Schalke […]

Berlin (AFP) – Germany defender Jerome Boateng took part in Bayern Munich training on Wednesday for the first time since tearing his right thigh against France in the semi-final defeat of Euro 2016. The centre-back managed some light running at Bayern's Saebener Strasse training ground. There is no date as to when he can return […]

Lille (France) (AFP) – Germany's Jerome Boateng arrived at Euro 2016 surrounded by controversy but his first international goal and another rock solid performance against Slovakia cemented his position as a new team leader. Boateng's sweetly struck eighth-minute volley set Germany on their way to a comfortable 3-0 win and a lip-smacking quarter-final against either […]

Evian (France) (AFP) – Germany's medical staff are working around-the-clock to get key defender Jerome Boateng fit for Sunday's Euro 2016 last 16 clash against Slovakia. The burly Bayern Munich centre-back came off on 76 minutes with a knock to his calf in their 1-0 group stage win over Northern Ireland on Tuesday. "The hardening […]

Berlin (AFP) – Germany defender Jerome Boateng said his wife and five-year-old twins will not go to France to watch him play in the European Championship finals because of terror fears. Boateng was in the German team playing at the Stade de France in Paris on November 13 last year when a series of jihadist […]

Augsburg (Germany) (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman on Monday condemned the claim by a right-wing politician that most Germans would not want footballer Jerome Boateng, whose father is Ghanaian, as their neighbour. "This sentence, which has come out, is vile and sad," Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert told a press briefing in Berlin. "Jerome […]

Frankfurt (AFP) – A leading member of the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party sparked outrage Sunday after making racist remarks about national football team defender Jerome Boateng. AfD's deputy chief Alexander Gauland told the Sunday newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung that Germans would not like to have Boateng, who has a Ghanaian father and […]

Bayern Munich's Jerome Boateng expressed hope Monday that he would recover from a torn groin muscle injury in time to figure for Germany at Euro 2016. Boateng limped out of Bayern's 2-1 victory at Hamburg on Friday and a scan in Munich revealed the full extent of the problem with the player facing three months […]