Hamburg defender Jerome Boateng admits the German public are pushing him towards a move to Manchester City.

Boateng is keen to leave Germany, where he says his family is being hounded by the media after his half-brother Kevin-Prince's foul on Michael Ballack in the FA Cup final ruled the Germany captain out of the World Cup.

Jerome could come up against his sibling in Germany's final group game against Ghana since Kevin-Prince recently switched allegiances, which was permissible due to a parental link with the African nation.

That game is already taking on a new significance due to Kevin-Prince's tackle on the Chelsea midfielder, but Boateng does not like the way the media have been shadowing his family members wherever they go.

"It disturbs me the way our family name is being dragged around in public and my family is not being left in peace," he said.

"It is not on that my big brother George suddenly has cameras on his doorstep and he is being forced to stay indoors.

"This has overstepped the mark. It has been ridiculous."

He even called the police to ask them to remove photographers and reporters from his family home, but the answer he received shocked him even further.

"They said I have just got to live with that, being a Boateng," he reported.

"That has gone too far. That is not on. What is the world coming to when my family cannot go out for a coffee or my brother cannot play with his children in the garden peacefully?"