Schalke signs Kevin-Prince from Milan
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Schalke 04 has signed Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng from AC Milan.
The Italian side confirmed the deal on its website yesterday, when Schalke presented the player at a news conference.
“I am very happy to be home in Germany, in the best league in the world,” Boateng said.
Schalke General Manager Horst Heldt said the club had signed Boateng to a four-year deal. “He is a player of extraordinary quality and a leading personality,” Heldt said.
Boateng scored twice as Milan qualified for the Champions League with a 3-0 win over PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday. Under UEFA rules, he remains eligible to play for Schalke in the competition proper.
The 26-year-old, who has also played for Hertha Berlin, Portsmouth and Tottenham Hotspur and is the half brother of Bayern Munich’s Jerome Boateng, joined Milan in 2010.
Meanwhile, Juventus striker Alessandro Matri officially signed for Milan yesterday as the Rossoneri confirmed that talks with CSKA Moscow to buy Japanese playmaker Keisuke Honda were “ongoing”.
Neither club has put a price on the transfer although reports suggest Milan will pay 11 million euros (US$14.5 million) for the striker on what was a busy day for the club.
Boateng’s sale to Schalke for a reported 12 million euros, theoretically paves the way for the return to the club from Real Madrid of Kaka, who spent six successful seasons with Milan between 2003 and 2009.
Milan Vice President Galliani confirmed reports that Milan is still pursuing Honda and said the Japanese international’s arrival could be more likely.
He said talks with CSKA were “ongoing” and that luring Kaka would be “more difficult”. “It’s one or the other,” said Galliani.
Kaka has never really settled in Madrid and is unhappy despite his former Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti now being in charge at the Santiago Bernabeu.
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