Here are 10 key points to explain why Chelsea would dodge a huge bullet in their own by dropping their reported interest in Jerome Boateng:

1. Despite his glorious past, which includes a Champions League winner’s medal with Bayern Munich and a FIFA World Cup title with the German national team, Boateng is way past his prime at 31 and simply a shadow of his former rock-solid self.
2. The central defender has looked completely off-colour, especially against top-quality opposition, in recent seasons and his dip in form has seen him slip down the pecking order at the Allianz Arena.
3. Boateng has only started 15 games in the Bundesliga this season so far – the last time he started more than 20 league fixtures for the Bavarian giants was way back in the 2014-15 campaign.
4.Indeed, the 31-year-old could still add that experience and winning mentality to a rather youthful backline at Stamford Bridge but his lack of pace and agility means that Boateng will probably be a glaring misfit for Lampard’s risk-reward brand of football that often involves playing a high defensive line.
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