Black Stars midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng is set to leave Italian giants A.C Milan, just six months after rejoining the club from Schalke 04.
Boateng signed for the club he had represented earlier in his career this past January, handed a six month contract. The contract was subject to renewal depending on performance, and it seems so far he has failed to convince the club’s top hierarchy.
This is nothing new but it’s the first time Kevin Prince Boateng is really speaking out on this—about why he was kicked out of Ghana’s camp at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
According to the Ghana and AC Milan midfielder-Kevin-Prince Boateng, he was expelled from the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil because of issues of unpaid bonuses.
“To be honest I was thrown out. I think it is really because I met with the President of the Ghana FA for 20 minutes and asked where the money from Fifa had gone,” Boateng told Sky Italia.
Kevin-Prince Boateng has scored his first goal for Italian giants AC Milan in just his third game since returning to the club.
The Ghanaian international scored late in the second half of Milan’s league game against Fiorentina at the San Siro on Sunday night. His goal put the home side 2-0 up and cushioned what was a hard fought victory.
Kevin-Prince Boateng has returned to the club where he spent the best years of his career, rejoining Italian giants AC Milan.
Prince spent three memorable years at the San Siro during his first spell, winning the Scudetto and the Italian Super Cup in 2011, scoring 17 goals in 100 appearances, including some crackers in the UEFA Champions league.
Prince Boateng was released last year by German outfit Schalke 04 after he fell out with authorities and his performances dipped extraordinarily.
Since then, he has been training with the Italian club A.C Milan in an effort to remain fit ahead of his next move in January, when his contract with Schalke expires.
Kevin Prince Boateng was once the iconic player Ghanaians heralded into their fold with their customary hospitality. This was after he dumped Germany in favour of Ghana in the build up to the World Cup held in South Africa.
He settled in the Black Stars quickly and with his explosiveness and flamboyance, he soon became influential in the Black Stars.
His contribution which eventually made Ghana historically reached the quarter finals for the first time in South Africa 2010.
However, the former AC Milan and Portsmouth star is now a pale shadow of himself partly because of indiscipline. Presently he is without a club. His former club, Schalke 04 has shown him the exit for non performance and disciplinary reasons.
Sulley Ali Muntari has completed his move to the Middle East, joining Saudi Arabia club Al-Ittihad on a two year deal.
Ghanaian football star-Kevin Prince Boateng seems to have been forgotten back home, but the footballer who does not really have a club and a place to call ‘home’ when it comes to international football is doing great with his family.
The former Schalke player was pictured on holiday in Porto Cervo, Sardinia on Thursday with his stunning wife Melissa Satter and their one-year-old son, Maddox.
The family looked as though they were having lots of fun on their sunshine break, with the sportsman barely able to keep his eyes… or his hands off his beautiful bikini-clad wife.
Kevin is definitely not allowing all the football problems to affect his family life—so he kept the wife smiling and the son happy.
Flip to the next pages to see photos from their vacation…
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One of the fallouts of Ghana’s shambolic world cup campaign was the suspension of star duo Kevin Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari. Whilst Sulley would surely be back, as this isn’t the first time he has been suspended from the Stars, Boateng’s case is a little less clear cut.
This is because he was apparently one of the ring leaders in the ‘$3m’ fiasco, and also got into an altercation with the coach. Since his suspension, he also held an interview in which he basically burned all his bridges with the Football Association.
So I was very surprised when he held an interview with German magazine Bild, in which he left a slim hope hanging for a Stars’s return. He told the magazine ”I would reconsider the subject, if someone approaches me”
Leaving aside the condition that someone might never approach him, I think it’s time we admitted this Boateng experiment has been a failure and move on. This relationship has never been a love affair, but a mutually beneficial exploitative arrangement; those never last, and it’s time we admit this partnership has run its course.
Boateng initially wanted to play for Germany, he only considered Ghana because he wasn’t good enough to crack the German side, and he took the chance to appear at the world cup. Afterwards, when his performances with the Black Stars earned him a deal with Italian giants A.C Milan, he promptly retired from the Black Stars.
His reason; his body couldn’t handle the dual pressures of playing for both club and country. That has got to be lamest excuse ever; every footballer worth his salt plays for both club and country, so why is Prince so special?
The real reason, of course, was that there was a lengthy qualifying process to navigate and he wanted nothing to do with it. When qualification was all but sealed, who comes out of international retirement to take all the glory? I give you one guess as to who it is.
The Black Stars returned to Ghana one of the worst teams at this year’s world cup, both on the pitch and off it. Ghanaians everywhere witnessed the sorry state of affairs within the team, leading to not only our elimination but humiliation at the hands of the world media.
Now we are to believe all is well, and forget everything that happened because the Ghana Football Association has rendered an unqualified apology to the people of Ghana, and for equal measure has assured us of their desire to move forward with Kwesi Appiah.
For the charges of corruption, poor organisation, and poor tactics there was no response, save an apology to soothe our hearts and allow them lead us forward to greater heights.
“Admittedly the performance of the team fell below the expectations of many Ghanaians” Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, the FA President said at a press briefing organised this afternoon.
“Our inability to qualify to the second round broke many Ghanaian hearts. We wish to offer our unqualified apologies for the disappointment.”
At least they have the grace to have realised Ghanaians were far from pleased with the appearance we made, but for those who have many questions this apology would be poor recompense.
The GFA President also admitted that the Management Committees are going to be reviewed, not only that of the Black Stars of all the national teams. This is slightly more welcome news, but the results this “review” would yield remains to be seen.
Many questions have been raised over the efficacy of these committees, particularly after it emerged Ghana sent three times more officials than players to the world cup. Sulley Muntari got into a fracas with one of the committee members, and despite his reprehensible actions, he raised legitimate questions about the role of all these officials.
There have been several accusations and counter accusations but I’ve always maintained that, there was something behind why Kevin Prince Boateng being kicked out of Black Stars’ camp—and not because he spoke any offensive words towards the coach.
In fact, it has been repeated by Kevin Prince Boateng that, the so called incident with the coach where he was alleged to have used foul language (cited by the GFA as the reason for his indefinite suspension) took place on Sunday. And so if they wanted to punish him for that (assuming it is true that he used such words), why was he not kicked out on Monday or Tuesday but rather, Thursday?
Again, coach-Kwesi Appiah after that Sunday incident said in an interview that, he had a misunderstanding with Kevin Prince Boateng—and that things had been resolved. That was before Thursday’s boot…
According to Kevin Prince Boateng, the real reason he was kicked out is because he asked about what ‘what happened to the money FIFA gave to the Black Stars’.
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Though we’ve not seen the face yet, it’s definitely another cutie for Kevin Prince Boateng—-and considering the fact that he lost custody over his 5 year old son-Jermaine late last year, this new son will bring him extreme joy. Yesterday, the Ghanaian football star took to twitter to announce that he has been blessed with … Read more
Ghanaian football star-Kevin Prince Boateng who was recently in court over the custody of his son-Jermaine with his ex-wife has announced that his ‘current’ fiancee-Melissa Satta is PREGNANT… Excited Kevin Prince Boateng took to Twitter to say; “We are pregnant! !we are happy to tell all of you that soon there will be another … Read more
