{"id":611250,"date":"2019-04-29T17:45:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T17:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 29 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n2019-04-29\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/15096508.295.j"},"modified":"2019-04-29T17:45:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T17:45:07","slug":"i-could-have-been-a-starter-at-real-madrid-or-man-utd-for-10-years-kevin-prince-boateng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/29\/i-could-have-been-a-starter-at-real-madrid-or-man-utd-for-10-years-kevin-prince-boateng\/","title":{"rendered":"I could have been a starter at Real Madrid or Man Utd for 10 years &#8211; Kevin-Prince Boateng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 29 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-29<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/15096508.295.jpg\" alt=\"KevinPrince\" title=\"KevinPrince\" width=\"295\" height=\"177\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kevin-Prince Boateng is now a La Liga title winner with Barcelona<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Kevin-Prince Boateng is now a La Liga title winner with Barcelona, but he feels he could have \u201cplayed 10 years for Real Madrid or Manchester United\u201d had his attitude been better early in his career.<\/p>\n<p>At 32 years of age, the former Ghana international has reached the very top of the game.<\/p>\n<p>He has enjoyed plenty of success to this point, turning out for the likes of Tottenham and AC Milan, but admits that he should have achieved so much more.<\/p>\n<p>Boateng told Goal and DAZN of his professional drive: \u201cThe head is crucial. I started too late to really think about stuff. Of course I regret that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an 18-year-old, I would have needed an agent or a family to push me in the right direction. I would have liked that. But I had to fix everything myself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know very well that I have also failed with my will, which has not always been 100 per cent there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I would have had the absolute will, I would have been a starting XI player at Barcelona or would have played 10 years for Real Madrid or Manchester United.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boateng has never been short of admirers despite not always pushing himself as hard as he could.<\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp is among those to have cast admiring glances in his direction, with the current Liverpool boss having been keen on retaining an enigmatic talent following a short-term loan at Borussia Dortmund in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>On a failed transfer, Boateng said: \u201cBVB missed only one goal at the time for European Cup qualification. Had Dortmund qualified for Europe at the time, they would have bought me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKlopp called me personally and told me that it did not work out. I was very sad about that and the normally always tough Prince cried.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time, I guessed that something big could happen in Dortmund, so I wanted to stay. But it wasn&#8217;t meant to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boateng added on Klopp \u2013 a manager he holds in the highest regard: \u201cHe knows exactly what he has to say to make you go to the square and die for him. He has this over all others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been seen in Dortmund and you can see it now in Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt even gives the players who do not play the feeling that they are important. With him as a coach there is a special feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pressed further on what would have happened had the German tactician wanted to take him to Liverpool, Boateng said: \u201cFor Klopp I would even have gone to China!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Such a switch is now unlikely, with Boateng waiting to discover whether Barcelona will be triggering the purchase option in his current loan agreement at Camp Nou.<\/p>\n<p>The Catalan heavyweights have the chance to acquire him on a permanent basis from Sassuolo for \u20ac8 million (\u00a37m\/$9m).<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/53372278.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of Goal.com &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest football website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>This article has 14 comment(s),  give your comment\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Monday, 29 April 2019 Source: Goal.com 2019-04-29 Kevin-Prince Boateng is now a La Liga title winner with Barcelona Kevin-Prince Boateng is now a La Liga title winner with Barcelona, but he feels he could have \u201cplayed 10 years for Real Madrid or Manchester United\u201d had his attitude been better early in his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":597998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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