Ghana international forward Kevin-Prince Boateng has joined Barcelona on loan from Sassuolos.This isarguably the most surprising deal of the January transfer window based on the fact that Boateng is 31 years old. The deal was sealed Monday January 21 and on Tuesday, with a modest crowd attending Boateng’s presentation at the Nou Camp.Barca have the option to make it permanent for £7.1m in the summer. Boateng ultimately arrives at Barcelona as the club’s back- up No 9 option to Luis Suarez following Munir El Haddadi’s departure to Sevilla earlier this month.Boateng’s move to Barcelona made it is 10th in 12 years.He had layed for the likes of Hertha Berlin in 2007,Tottenham, Borussia Dortmund (loan), Portsmouth, AC Milan, Schalke, back to Milan, Las Palmas, Eintracht Frankfurt, Sassuolo and then to Barcelona (loan).He is becoming the first Ghanaian to play for Barca, as transfer marks another extraordinary chapter in the player’s career,According to Spanish paper Sport , Ernesto Valverde’s first choice was Los Angeles FC forward Carlos Vela, but Boateng was deemed a more affordable short-term solution.
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