In Josh Mansour's "Unscripted" program, Kevin-Prince Boateng stated that during his time at Barcelona, he was asked to say that his favorite team was Barcelona and his favorite player was Messi.
Kevin-Prince Boateng said: "I have always said I wanted to play for Real Madrid, but I had to lie at the press conference because two years before that, when I was playing for Las Palmas, they asked me who my favorite player was, I said Cristiano Ronaldo, and my favorite team was Real Madrid."
"When joining Barcelona, they told me, 'You have to say your favorite team is Barcelona and the best player in the world is Messi.' They said, 'You must do this; otherwise, you can't play here—it's impossible.' I sat at the press conference, and the first question was who the best player in the world was, so I said Messi."