FC Barcelona have confirmed the surprise loan transfer of Kevin-Prince Boateng from
The deal includes an €8 million (£7m/$9m) option to buy at the end of the current season, while Barca will pay a €2m loan fee for Boateng to feature for them for the remainder of the season.
The 31-year-old was presented on Tuesday morning, with a private contract signing set to be followed by a photo session on the Camp Nou pitch and a press conference at noon.
“Kevin-Prince Boateng is a player who will surely adapt quickly to the team. With experience of playing in four of the biggest leagues in Europe, the Premier League, the Bundesliga, Serie A and La Liga, he is a man who has scored goals wherever he has been,” a statement on the club’s official website reads.
Before official confirmation, Boateng had announced the deal in an interview with Sky Sports.
“Barca, I’m coming! I’m sad to leave Sassuolo but this is a great chance,” he said.
The attacker downplayed previous comments made about Barca’s eternal rivals, Real Madrid.
In a 2017 interview, Boateng said that he preferred Real Madrid to Barcelona.
However, the player says his focus is on his new club, and will aim to find the net against Real Madrid when the two sides 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,” Boateng said.
Barcelona will be Boateng’s fourth club in the past three seasons, though the former 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 with four goals in 13 Serie A matches, though he had not found the back of the net since the end of October 2018.
He becomes Barca’s second addition in the January transfer window after defender, Jeison Murillo, joined from Valencia.
