Folglich schaut man sich bei den Hessen nach Alternativen um. Dies habe "exklusiv private Gründe", betonte Rummenigge, "und keine Problematik".

Ob das Geld allerdings ausreicht, um die sicher nicht all zu knappen Gehaltsforderungen von Jerome Boateng zu erfüllen, sei einmal dahingestellt.

Auch würde ein solcher Wechsel nicht unbedingt der Philosophie des Verein entsprechen in junge Talente zu investieren, um diese dann nach einiger Zeit gewinnbringend zu verkaufen - wie es ja jüngst mit Luka Jovic und Sebastien Haller prima geklappt hat.

Der Halbbruder von Jerome hat sich mit dem Pokalsieg bei den Hessen einen Ruf erarbeitet und eigentlich mit seinem Abgang nach dem Triumph von Berlin den richtigen Schritt getan.

Das Wagnis, diese Reputation aufs Spiel zu setzen, ist nicht zu unterschätzen. Trainer Adi Hütter würde das gefallen.

Zwar passt Boateng vordergründig nicht in das vom Trainer auf ein hohes Laufpensum ausgerichtete Pressingsystem, langfristig aber will er dieses sowieso verfeinern.

Neben dem Transfer von Boateng bereitet er weitere vor. Diese sollen, so hört man, namhafte Spieler betreffen. Die Eintracht ist guter Dinge, einen dicken Fisch — sportlich wie finanziell — als Ersatz für die abgewanderten Luka Jovic und Sebastien Haller an Land ziehen zu können.

Der Jährige darf den BVB zwar verlassen, auch der Wechsel nach Wolfsburg ist geplatzt, die Eintracht würde ihn aber ungern für knapp 20 Millionen Euro aus seinen Vertrag herauskaufen.

Sie favorisiert ein Leihgeschäft. Ohnehin ist Philipp keiner, der Tore en masse garantiert, er würde als zusätzliche Stürmerverpflichtung wohl erst dann richtig interessant werden, sollte Ante Rebic die Eintracht verlassen.

Für den Kroaten liegt aber kein Angebot vor. Sollte eine Verpflichtung des spanischen Innenverteidigers den finanziellen Vorstellungen der Eintracht entsprechen und auch Vallejo den Deal wollen, werden die Hessen zuschlagen.

VfB Stuttgart. RB Leipzig. SV Werder. Werder Bremen. Hertha BSC. SC Freiburg. Arminia Bielefeld. FSV Mainz Mainz FC Köln.

FC Union Berlin. Union Berlin. FC Bayern. After a short loan to Barcelona , with whom he won a La Liga title, he moved back to Italy, joining Fiorentina.

Born in Germany, Boateng represented his native country internationally at youth level; he opted to represent Ghana at senior level 15 times between and —scoring two goals—and represented them at the and FIFA World Cups.

Boateng started his club career with the club Reinickendorfer Füchse in early at age six prior to signing for Hertha BSC on 1 July at the age of seven, first playing for them to 31 July when he was 20 years old.

He was promoted to the Hertha first team squad in the —06 season. Boateng made his first team debut in a 2—0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt in the second round of the —06 Bundesliga season on 13 August at the Olympic Stadium , being brought on at the beginning of the second half.

He made ten Bundesliga appearances during his loan, but was forced to miss the final two matches of the season for a suspension of four matches imposed by the German Football Association DFB following a tough challenge and "no-nonsense flying kick " to the head of VfL Wolfsburg 's Makoto Hasebe.

Dortmund were eager to sign Boateng permanently at the end of the season, but financial constraints prevented them from doing so.

Boateng had his penalty for Portsmouth saved in the 54th minute, four minutes before Didier Drogba scored Chelsea's winning goal.

During the match, Boateng fouled Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack , injuring Ballack's ankle and ruling him out of the impending World Cup.

Boateng claimed that Ballack slapped him in the face prior to this, and that he apologised to Ballack personally for the tackle which left him injured.

Boateng called the German media and the German national team players hypocrites for backing Ballack whilst ignoring his slap on the pitch.

Milan on loan. On 23 October , Boateng came on as a half-time substitute against Lecce and scored three goals in 14 minutes.

Milan had been 3—0 down at half-time, but went on to win the game 4—3. Boateng is only the second player in the history of Serie A to score a hat-trick after coming on as a substitute.

On 3 January , Milan was playing Italian Lega Pro 2 side Pro Patria in a mid-season friendly when Boateng and several other Milan players were the targets of racist chanting from a section of the Pro Patria crowd.

Boateng reacted by kicking the ball into the stands before leaving the pitch, and was followed off by his teammates. The match was subsequently abandoned.

Boateng made his debut for Schalke 04 in a 2—0 victory against Bayer Leverkusen. On 11 May , Boateng, alongside Sidney Sam and Marco Höger , was suspended indefinitely from the club in the aftermath of a defeat against 1.

FC Köln as a result of poor behaviour which claimed to have led to the club's poor domestic performances. His contract with Schalke was terminated on 8 December As Schalke 04 terminated his contract in December , Boateng re-joined Milan on 5 January on a free transfer and signed a six-month contract.

On 2 August , Spanish La Liga club Las Palmas announced that they had reached an agreement with Boateng for his signature following his release from Milan.

On 16 August , Las Palmas announced that Boateng had cancelled his contract by the club by mutual consent, citing "irreversible personal reasons" for the decision.

On 5 July , Boateng signed with Sassuolo on a three-year deal. On 28 September , Boateng moved to newly-promoted Serie B side Monza on a one-year contract, with the option to extend for a further year.

Boateng holds a German passport , previously playing for the Germany national youth team. In , Berliner Morgenpost reported that then Germany under coach Dieter Eilts would no longer select him and other team players due to a curfew that had been broken in the team's camp during the June Toulon Tournament in France.

In June , Boateng told the German authorities that he was no longer interested in representing Germany. Boateng received a Ghanaian passport [80] and switched his allegiance to Ghana in May ; [81] [82] he has said that he feels more Ghanaian.

FIFA's decision to reverse the rules in had given Boateng the green light to switch his allegiance, and time appeared to be running out when his clearance to represent the Black Stars had still not arrived at the beginning of May Boateng was selected as part of the Ghana squad for the World Cup in South Africa by head coach Milovan Rajevac , [27] to fill in for the injured Michael Essien alongside defensive midfielder Anthony Annan.

Ghana held Germany to a 60th-minute lone goal and 1—0 win. In November , Boateng announced his international retirement, citing fatigue from travel at the age of 24 years, thus missing the chance to contest the Africa Cup of Nations.

On 26 June, Boateng was sent home and suspended from the Ghana squad for disciplinary reasons, only hours before the final group match against Portugal , after he was alleged to have verbally abused former manager James Kwesi Appiah during a team meeting.

Boateng is a quick, dynamic, physically strong and well-rounded midfielder , known for his aggression, eye for goal, long-range shooting ability, flair, footspeed, ball-juggling tricks, and dribbling skills.

He combines technical skill with speed of action which makes him more dangerous. Boateng has been utilised in many midfield positions throughout his career, but usually plays either in the centre in a box-to-box role, [7] or as an attacking midfielder or forward ; [] he has also been deployed as a false-attacking midfielder , as a second striker , or even as a winger on occasion during his time with Milan.

Boateng was born in Berlin. He is divorced from his first wife Jenny. Boateng has a tattoo of the map of Ghana and the country's name on his arm.

Boateng is a keen singer and dancer, [] and has said that his singing and dancing idol is Michael Jackson. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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