Boateng And Adebayor For Bayern

Bayern Munich have confirmed their interest in Manchester City defender Jerome Boateng, but have denied agreeing terms already. The 22-year-old is under contract at Eastlands until June 2015 but a knee injury has restricted his appearances with the FA Cup finalists this season.

Munich newspaper Muenchner Merkur claims the Germany international has agreed terms to join Bayern for next season.

But Munich’s Director of Football, Christian Nerlinger insists a deal has now been reached for the player, who could cover at right-back and play at centre-half. “It’s not correct that we’ve already agreed terms. We’re keeping tabs on him, but that’s difficult now because of his injury,” Nerlinger told the Merkur.

The defender’s advisor Jorg Neubauer has previously played down the speculation, while City insist the defender, who has 13 caps for Germany, is not for sale. “We have big plans with Jerome,” City’s Technical Director Mike Rigg told German daily Bild.

Meanwhile, Bayern are also reported to be monitoring City’s Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor, who is on loan at Real Madrid. The 27-year-old is seen as a possible replacement for 32-year-old Germany striker Miroslav Klose, who will be out of contract at the end of June.