The Bayern Munich defender has been linked with a Premier League switch, but his team-mates in Germany are hoping to see him stay put <\/p>\n
Jerome Boateng has been urged by Bayern Munich team-mate Franck Ribery to shun interest from Manchester United and Arsenal.<\/p>\n
The World Cup-winning defender has been heavily linked with a late window switch to England as the summer transfer deadline approaches.<\/p>\n
Old Trafford and Emirates Stadium have been mooted as possible landing spots for the 29-year-old centre-half.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n Boateng boasts previous Premier League experience from a spell at Manchester City and would be expected to slot seamlessly into Jose Mourinho and Unai Emery\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n Ribery, though, is eager to see a proven performer remain at the Allianz Arena, telling reporters after a 1-0 friendly victory for the Bundesliga champions over United: \u201cI\u2019ve been playing with Jerome for many years now.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope he\u2019ll stay with us because he\u2019s an important player.<\/p>\n \u201cTo me, he\u2019s one of the best central defenders in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Boateng, who has also been linked with Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain, endured a tough 2018 World Cup with Germany but has enjoyed a trophy-laden career to date.<\/p>\n Manuel Neuer, a colleague for club and country, is another of those hoping to see the defender stay put, admitting that he would be \u201cmissed\u201d by Bayern.<\/p>\n David Alaba is also looking for Boateng to remain an integral part of future plans in Bavaria.<\/p>\n The defender said on the exit talk: \u201cWe\u2019d all be sad.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a world-class player, one of the best in his position.\u201d<\/p>\n While team-mates at Bayern are hoping to see Boateng\u2019s services retained, club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has admitted that sales may be sanctioned over the coming days.<\/p>\n He told 100% Bundesliga<\/em>: \u201cBoth we and the coach are of the opinion that if one player or the other wants to leave, we will deal with it seriously.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Bayern Munich defender has been linked with a Premier League switch, but his team-mates in Germany are hoping to see him stay put Jerome Boateng has been urged by Bayern Munich team-mate Franck Ribery to shun interest from Manchester United and Arsenal. The World Cup-winning defender has been heavily linked with a late window…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n