WORLD CUP winner Jerome Boateng has been left unemployed after failing to earn a contract with his former club.
Boateng, 35, is a free agent after leaving Lyon in the summer.
The German, who has won 27 trophies in his career, had returned to ex-club Bayern Munich for training.
However, after four days the Bavarians decided against signing the veteran.
This is despite “excellent training reports”, as reported by Fabrizio Romano.
With a future at the Allianz Arena ruled out, Boateng’s future could now lie in the Premier League.
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According to TEAMTALK, Everton held talks with him over a transfer to Goodison Park but were rejected due to Boateng wanting to pursue a return to Bayern.
But after being turned down by the Bundesliga giants the ex-Manchester City star could change his mind on a Toffees move.
Boateng has an ongoing legal case over his shoulder.
In 2019 he was accused of causing grievous bodily harm to a former girlfriend during a holiday to the Carribean. Boateng denies the allegations.
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His trial did not begin until the autumn 2021, by which time he had joined Lyon after leaving Bayern.
At the trial, Boateng was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm and of insulting his ex, the mother of his twin daughters.
As a result, Boateng was fined £1.6million (€1.8m), prompting an appeal from Boateng, public prosecutors and the alleged victim.
This fine was later reduced to £1.4m at a second hearing in October 2022 due to his reduced earnings, though this time the verdict handed Boateng a criminal record.
The guilty verdict was upheld with the judge saying he was “absolutely satisfied” Boateng had caused GBH.
But all three parties appealed once again, and the third trial at the Supreme Court of Bavaria last month – where Boateng was seeking acquittal – resulted in the case being annulled.
The judge cited “far-reaching procedural errors” such as the incorrect interpretation of contradictory evidence and the appeal judge wrongly deciding a challenge of bias by Boateng’s lawyers himself.
The Supreme Court has ordered a retrial, though this does not mean there will certainly be a trial due to the possibility of settling out of court.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
