Bayern Munich Sets Sights on Former Defender Boateng As the Bundesliga Giant Injury Woes Mount

• Bayern Munich are currently plagued with loads of injury crisis
• The German champions have had to set up a make-shift defence in recent games
• The Bundesliga champions are reportedly keen on signing a former central defender

Bayern Munich's incredible start to the 2023/24 Bundesliga season has been consistently blighted with injuries.

Thomas Tuchel's side who are unbeaten since the start of the season, were hit with a triple blow after central defenders Dayot Upamecano, South Korean Kim-min Jae, and Dutch sensation Matthijs De Ligt suffered injuries ahead of match round six clash against RB Leipzig.

The Bavarians' midweek DFB Pokal clash against Liga 3 side Preussen Münster saw them field a make-shift centre-back pairing of midfielder Leon Goretzka and full-back Noussair Mazraoui.

Despite the hasty recuperation of Upamecano and Kim min Jae, reports has emerged from media outlet Goal of the Bundesliga giant fancying a move for free agent Jerome Boateng.

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Bayern set to sign Boateng

The media outlet reports Bayern are already in advance talks to bring the veteran defender back to the club.

Further reports from Sky Sports Germany's Florian Plettenberg state the 35-year-old Boateng is seen by the club's hierarchy as the ideal candidate to provide temporary cover for Thomas Tuchel's side.

The Bundesliga champions are already in advanced talks with the free agent who has already completed a few training sessions with the Bundesliga club.

Boateng won nine Bundesliga titles, five DFB-Pokals and two Champions League titles during his previous ten-year spell at the Allianz Arena.

The former Lyon defender also made 360 appearances for the German giants before leaving the club as a free agent in the summer of 2021.

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Kane became the first player in Bayern history to score seven goals in the first five league appearances.

The ex-Tottenham man eclipsed the joint record held by Gerd Müller, 1965, Miroslav Klose, 2007 and former Croatian forward Mario Mandžukić set in 2012, who all scored five goals in the first five league games for the Bavarian club.