Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng has admitted that he was “surprised” by reports that suggested he is ready to leave the club.
Reports in the local media suggested that FCB were ready to release the centre-back at the end of his deal in June and instead make a move for France centre-back Dayot Upemcano of RB Leipzig.
Boateng, though, has been taken aback by these claims.
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“Nobody approached me, nobody spoke to me, I didn't know anything about it, I was surprised,” he told Suddeutsche Zeitung when asked to react to the news.