The midfielder has announced he will be headed to the La Liga champions and hopes to score in the next Clasico
Kevin-Prince Boateng has confirmed his shock transfer to Barcelona, announcing that he is coming to club, and hopes he can score against Real Madrid in the Clasico.
Goal reported earlier Monday that the attacker was on the verge of a surprise move from Serie A side Sassuolo, who he joined this past summer, to link up with the La Liga champions.
The transfer includes a €8 million (£7m/$9m) option to buy, while Barcelona will pay a €2m loan fee for Boateng to feature for them the remainder of the season.
And while Barcelona have yet to confirm the move, Boateng himself announced the deal in an interview with Sky Sports.
"Barca, I’m coming!" Boateng told Sky Sports."I’m sad to leave Sassuolo but is a great chance."
The attacker also downplayed previous comments made about Barca's rivals Real Madrid.
In a 2017 interview, Boateng answered he preferred Real Madrid to Barcelona, while also stating in the past that he could have made it at Real Madrid had he applied himself harder earlier in his career.
However, the 31-year-old Boateng says his focus is on his new club, and aiming to find the net against Real Madrid when the two sides next meet in the Spanish capital on March 2.
"Don’t ask me about Real Madrid... is just the past! I only want to focus on Barcelona and I hope to score at Bernabéu for the next Clasico.”
Barcelona will be Boateng's fourth club in the past three seasons, though the Ghana international has fared well at each of his stops.
He found the back of the net 10 times in 28 La Liga games for Las Palmas in 2016-17, followed by a move to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga, where he scored six goals in 31 league matches.
His time at Sassuolo also started well, as in 13 Serie A matches, Boateng scored four goals, though he has not found the back of the net since the end of October.
Boateng will fill in attacking depth for the La Liga champions, as Barca manager Ernesto Valverde admitted the club was looking for options there after allowing Munir El Haddadi to depart earlier in the window.
He becomes the second addition during the winter window, with Barca having also signed Valencia defender Jeison Murillo in January.
Asap24
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Suarez Vidal and Kevin Prince Boateng in one team....???? One word to say for our opponents. RIP
Dohtmhan
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WHO DID BARCER FANS WANTED US TO SIGN?MBAPPE?KANE?CR7?GRIEZMANN?THIS IS THE WINTER TRANSFER AND ALL THE BIG TEAMS WANT TO KEEP THEIR BIG PLAYERS TO REACH THEIR OBJECTIVES.KEVIN PRINCE BOATENG IS A BARGAIN WITH THE KIND OF VISION,SKILLS ,and dribbling he got he will easily succed at barcer stop criticising barcer board a surprised critised person who was signed was vidal but he had really improved💕❤💕❤💕❤💕❤💕❤💕❤❤
Aaxelll
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the problem is football fans don't not understand that the club is business and buying and selling players is as hard as you go outside that you will sell an old shoe at the higher price very funny... one has to understand that in January every team is in UEFA which precisely has good world class players of which its not as easy as you think to get a player in this transfer because clubs wants to succeed as well it's not only barce.... look at how much money barce have for the to buy good quality players if so then we won't get good players, Barcelona board is so far the best in all window transfer since approximately 3 to 5 season's. don't just utter or articulate things you don't know. we needed a CF and depth in squad knowing we have lali ga, Copa d...... and UEFA champions league. eventually, our choach is looking at mental and physical fatigue of players. rotating would equally make the team balanced and on form... trust me if you worked at a company and you over work without pay how will you perform bad of course thumbs up barce for solving this problem always a varsca !!! varsca Al barce fan
Davichi
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what a nonsense comment. Messi is a false 9, know what's that?
You're busy arguing about a player that you don't even know his position in his team, neither do you know what a complete player is. People like you are simply driven by a desire to down play the impact of one who stands above the one they support with the hope of making the one they support look better. Messi played false 9 for few years, mostly under Pep, but plays more as a creative midfielder these days. Suarez is the top 9 and Messi the right winger on paper... also false 9 on paper when Suarez doesn't play like last game. But he plays more behind the strike force of Barca. So don't come here to act like you know how Barca plays. I'm not even sure you know how United plays. Once upon a time you guys supported the notion that Ronaldo was better because he scores many goals and none of you ever talked about how he scored it. Now that Messi keeps beating him in the only real place he has tried to top Messi, Pele has given you guys a last point to try and bring him down. Yet the "one skill" man surpasses everyone else in goals, assists, dribbles, chances created... per season. He still remains the only footballer in history to do the Maradona dribble from his own half to score... Maradona did it once, but he did it twice. Lionel Messi is already a legend while he is still playing and considered as the best to ever play the game by so many professionals, top coaches and pundits... he doesn't need Pele's approval (even Neymar said he doesn't agree with Pele criticism) or anyone else's to be who he already is. Those who criticize him keep doing that because deep inside they know he's simply the best and above all others, therefore he's the only true point of reference.