Ghana star Kevin-Prince Boateng has confirmed his loan move to FC Barcelona from Sassuolo Calcio.
“Barça, I’m coming! I’m sad to leave Sassuolo but is a great chance," Kevin Prince Boateng told Sky Sports.
He was however quick to dismiss his 2017 claims that he preferred Real Madrid to Barcelona.
"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 Clásico."
Kevin Prince Boateng exclusive with @SkySport: “Barça, I’m coming! I’m sad to leave Sassuolo but is a great chance. 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 Clásico” 🔥 #Boateng #Barça #FCB pic.twitter.com/08nw1EFQo1
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 21, 2019
According to Fabrizio Romanoâ€, Barca have identified Boateng as ‘the right man’ to strengthen their forward line this month.
Consequently, the Catalans would have reached ‘an agreement in principle’ to take the 31-year-old on ‘an expensive loan with an €8m option to buy’.
The former Milan attacker only joined Sassuolo from Eintracht Frankfurt last summer and has gone on to score five goals in 15 appearances.
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He already has experience of Spanish football with Las Palmas, where he netted 10 times across 28 games in La Liga.
Barca, for their part, are in the market for attacking reinforcements after losing Paco Alcacer to Borussia Dortmund, while Ousmane Dembele is out for several weeks and Malcom has been linked with a move away.