Jerome Boateng is about to move to Olympique Lyon.
Curiously, the ex-Bayern player is still training on Säbener Strasse.
Munich / Lyon - Jerome Boateng * has found a new club.
After a decade with FC Bayern *, the defender's contract was not renewed at the end of the season.
Now Boateng is apparently joining the top French club Olympique Lyon *.
Jerome Boateng: Ex-Bayern star before moving to Olympique Lyon - training on Säbener Straße
Boateng agreed on a cooperation with Lyon on Tuesday according to media reports. As the French sports newspaper
L'Equipe
reported, the 2014 world champion will sign a two-year contract with OL. Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano also confirmed the deal. Boateng has already completed part of the medical check, the final conclusion should take place within the next 24 hours in Lyon.
Curiously, Boateng was training at the same time at the FC Bayern * training ground on Säbener Straße *, where he has the opportunity to keep fit.
At the same time, his advisors apparently arranged the conclusion of a contract with those responsible in Lyon.
The French missed their place in the Champions League in fourth place in the preseason and are competing in the Europa League this season.
So that Boateng can still be registered for the squad, he would have to sign in Lyon by Wednesday noon.
Jerome Boateng: reunion with ex-Bayern colleague Shaqiri - nightmare memory of Messi
Boateng wore the Bayern shirt in 363 games over the past ten years and scored ten goals.
With the Bundesliga giant, the central defender won nine championship titles and twice the Champions League.
At Lyon, Boateng, who will celebrate his 33rd birthday on Friday, will meet his former Bayern colleague Xherdan Shaqiri and Leverkusen's former coach Peter Bosz. And not only that: Boateng will face PSG superstar Lionel Messi in Ligue 1 *. The scene when the central defender in the premier class against Barcelona was played so dizzy by the Argentine whirlwind that he lost his balance will not be forgotten. The first duel in Paris' Prinzenpark is already waiting on September 19th. All transfer news from Deadline Day can be read here.
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