No stress for OL despite the end of the summer transfer window. Lyon were able to take the time to finalize the signing of the German Jerome Boateng, given that the latter was free from any contract. No stress, then. And what had to happen, happened: the former Bavarian signed a two-year contract with Olympique Lyonnais.
“Olympique Lyonnais is delighted with the arrival of Jérôme Boateng, 5th German player in the club’s history and 5th recruit in this summer transfer window which perfectly meets the recruitment strategy that OL and Peter Bosz had set for themselves. », Writes the club of Jean-Michel Aulas.
A weight reinforcement for a fragile defense
OL’s new central defender delivered a full 2020-2021 season by participating in 39 games with Bayern, after several exercises punctuated by injuries that regularly took him away from the field.
“I am very excited, this is my first time here in Lyon, I received a warm welcome. I can’t wait to meet my teammates and the whole club, to see the stadium and to meet the supporters, ”said Boateng in a video published Wednesday by OL on its social networks. The 1.90m central defender, centerpiece of the Mannschaft world champion in 2014 and pillar of Bayern Munich since 2011, with whom he conquered nine Bundesligas and two Champions Leagues (2013 and 2020), reinforces a defensive sector Lyon struggling, with 7 goals conceded in 4 Ligue 1 games.