‘I accept every fine for him’: Bayern Munich star Jerome Boateng speaks out after crashing his Mercedes into motorway barrier on way back from visiting his ill son in hospital… causing more than £22,000 worth of damage
- Jerome Boateng was involved in a crash on the motorway after visiting his ill son
- The Bayern Munich centre back caused £22,000 worth of damage to his car
- Boateng has accepted a fine from the Bundesliga giants following the crash
Jerome Boateng has been fined by Bayern Munich after crashing his Mercedes on the motorway while driving back from visiting his ill son.
According to German publication BILD, the Bayern centre back was returning from Leipzig, where he was seeing his son Jermar in hospital.
Boateng was driving home to Munich near Selbitz in northern Bavaria, when it was claimed he was caught off-guard in a hailstorm, and without winter tyres on his car lost traction and skidded into the motorway barrier.
Jerome Boateng was visiting his ill son, Jermar, in hospital before he crashed his car
Local police claim Boateng, who was reportedly not speeding, was not injured in the crash but did cause £22,000 worth of damage to his Mercedes.
However, Bayern have since decided to fine the German defender after he left Munich without the approval of the club during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Bundesliga giants will now donate Boateng’s fine to local Munich hospitals.
And Boateng has since spoken out about the incident, claiming he will ‘accept every fine’ as his son’s health is all that matters to him.
German centre back Boateng has been fined by Bayern Munich after the incident
Boateng said: ‘I accept every fine in the world if it is justified. And I know that it was certainly a mistake not to let the club know about my trip, but at that moment I was just thinking of my son.
‘His health was not good. When a son calls his father, then of course I’ll still go, no matter what time.
‘I accept every fine for him, after all, that’s my son. I want to see the father which doesn’t leave in such a moment to be with his four-year old son. I think it’s sad.’