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Three Reasons Why Kevin-Prince Boateng Move Is Good For Barcelona
In a surprising move, Barcelona completed a transfer move for Kevin-Prince Boateng from Serie A side Sassuolo. The Ghana international comes to backup Luis Suarez after the exit of Munir El Hadadi to Sevilla.
Barcelona will have the option to sign the 31-year-old at the end of the season for 8 million euros.
Boateng started his career at Hertha Berlin. He later may the move to the Premier League where he joined Tottenham. Since, he’s been part of Borussia Dortmund, Portsmouth, Serie A Milan, Schalke 04, Las Palmas, Eintracht Frankfurt and Sassuolo. Barcelona is his 10th club in his 14-year career.
Here are three reason why the move is good for the Catalan side.
Experience
Barcelona was seeking a player with experience. Additionally, they where searching for someone that would be able to contribute from the start while knowing they would be a substitute.
Boateng is a well-traveled player who had a successful spell at Las Palmas. Additionally, he knows La Liga well having played one season with ‘Los Canarios’.
As previously mentioned, he has featured for Premier League, Bundesliga and Serie A sides while also representing Ghana at the international level.
Cheap
Perhaps many argue that the Blaugranas made an error with letting Munir go, specially to rival Sevilla.
However, Munir’s desire to start for a team is what was keeping him on the good side of boss Ernesto Valverde. Barcelona let go of Munir for the same amount that they acquired Boateng from the Italian side.
However, if we want to compare them, with one less game played, Boateng has outscored Munir this season with 4 goals against 2 goals made by Munir.
Style
Though he doesn’t score much, he is capable of doing a bit of everything. His physical presence will help Barcelona on aerial duels.
Additionally, he is capable to hold the ball and make accurate passes. He normally moves a lot outside the box to receive the ball. He is not a natural No. 9, but is hard to handle for any team.
So, Why Not?
It is clear that the move is not meant to solve long-term problems. Additionally, this shows that Barcelona’s youth level players are yet not producing.
Many are probably thinking this could a similar to that of Emmanuel Adebayor to Real Madrid. However, this could possibly end the same way that Henrik Larsson ended for Barcelona.
Photo credit to FCBarcelona via Twitter
