The Spanish Double winners FC Barcelona has made a surprise transfer. The Catalans commit the former Bundesliga player Kevin-Prince Boateng, initially until the end of the season.
The 31-Year-old moves on loan from Italian club US Sassuolo in the Primera Division. Barcelona also has an option to purchase about eight million euros for the midfielder. This was confirmed by both clubs on Monday.
The half-brother of Jerome Boateng was replaced last summer by the DFB-Cup winners Eintracht Frankfurt to Sassuolo, his contract runs until 2021. In the current season, he came as the attacker in 13 operations on four goals and two assists. Boateng knows the League already from his time at UD Las Palmas on Gran Canaria, between 2016 and 2017.
Sky Sport Italia Boateng had attracted previously already been happy: “Barca, I’m coming! I’m sad to leave Sassuolo, but I have a great Chance. I would like to concentrate only on Barcelona and hope to be able to in the next Clasico in the Bernabeu.”
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