The World Cup winner has been heavily linked with a move away from the Allianz Arena, but Niko Kovac expects to keep the Germany international <\/p>\n
Niko Kovac is confident Jerome Boateng will remain a Bayern Munich player despite the Germany international being heavily linked with a move away from the Bundesliga champions.<\/p>\n
A transfer to Manchester United had been mooted before the Premier League deadline passed, while Boateng is also said to be a target for Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n
Reports in France suggested the 29-year-old had agreed terms with PSG, however Kovac expects his squad to stay intact beyond August.<\/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 “I can’t tell you what’s going to happen, but I am very confident about Bayern considering the way the team is conducting itself,” Kovac \u2013 who confirmed Boateng could feature in the DFL-Supercup against Eintracht Frankfurt this weekend \u2013 told a media conference on Friday.<\/p>\n “Right now, I am just assuming all the players will be here in September.<\/p>\n “I am very comfortable about the situation, the squad is complete.”<\/p>\n Arjen Robben expressed his desire for Boateng to stay at the Allianz Arena on Thursday, describing his team-mate as “one of the best defenders in the world”.<\/p>\n Kovac was delighted to see the Dutchman air his views, suggesting it shows how strong the unity is within the Bayern squad.<\/p>\n “All I can say is that it shows the team spirit at Bayern, the team spirit is amazing. If a player goes public it shows the team is a unit,” said the Croatian.<\/p>\n “Of course, they are all individuals, they are fighting for their careers, but if we can unify and unite them that’s a good sign. So, I am happy about these statements.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Sunday’s clash with Frankfurt sees Kovac come face-to-face with his former club, but he expects a warm reception at the Commerzbank-Arena.<\/p>\n “It really is a special game for me,” he added. “It is a return for me to where I just worked, it is a great city and a great club.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I do not know what to expect in Frankfurt, but I think that the fans will respect what we achieved together. It was a good time and the DFB-Pokal win was a perfect end.<\/p>\n “But it is also the first title of the season and we want to win that title.<\/p>\n “A lot of people say the Supercup is not important, but I have a very different opinion. For me it is an important title. I hope for a successful weekend, we’re going to travel to Frankfurt to try to win and collect that trophy.”<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The World Cup winner has been heavily linked with a move away from the Allianz Arena, but Niko Kovac expects to keep the Germany international Niko Kovac is confident Jerome Boateng will remain a Bayern Munich player despite the Germany international being heavily linked with a move away from the Bundesliga champions. A transfer to…<\/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-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","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=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n