Kevin-Prince Boateng: Former AC Milan star wants to continue playing for Hertha Berlin with contract nearing expiration

Published on: 24 May 2022
Kevin-Prince Boateng: Former AC Milan star wants to continue playing for Hertha Berlin with contract nearing expiration
Kevin Boateng wants to continue playing football for Hertha Berlin

Kevin-Prince Boateng hopes to continue his career at boyhood club Hertha Berlin with his contract set to expire in the summer. 

Boateng, 35, featured for the side as they Hamburg 2-0 in the second leg of their relegation play-off to avoid dropping into Bundesliga 2.

The former Ghana international joined his boyhood club on a one-year deal back in June 2021 and went on to make 21 appearances for the side.

Due to recurrent injuries, the former AC Milan star featured 858 minutes for Hertha and was involved in the decisive moment in the second leg of the relegation playoff against Hamburg.

With his contract set to expire on June 30, 22, the former Barcelona forward wants to continue playing for the club.

"Those who are said to be dead live longer. Throughout the season, people have also said I was dead, saying I can't do it anymore. That's exactly what I love: that we show heart, don't give up," he told Sky

"I still feel like playing football. We'll sit down and see what's going on. I want to help the team."

Sporting director Fredi Bobic has announced contract extension talks have started and if if both parties come to a common denominator, a contract extension seems realistic.

The Ghanaian was left elated as Hertha recorded a 2-0 win to stay up in the league.

"I slumped at first. I was broken, we threw everything in. I'm so proud of the boys," Boateng said after the final whistle against Hamburg.

"Of course it wasn't easy. You don't play well in the first game , you lose, you have to come here in this cauldron, you have to turn the thing around.

"From the first minute to the last you could see that we wanted it. It's like a league title after a turbulent season."

Boateng joined the Hertha BSC academy as a seven year old and moved up through the ranks of the club's youth sides, before breaking into the first-team squad in 2005.

Hertha finished 16th in the Bundesliga, dropping into the play-off position on the final day, on goal difference alone.

Hamburg placed third in the final Bundesliga 2 standings, missing out on automatic promotion by three points.

At the end of each season, the bottom two clubs in the Bundesliga are relegated to Bundesliga 2.

A two-legged promotion/relegation play-off is played between the club that finished third-last in the Bundesliga and the club that finished third in Bundesliga 2, to determine whether the club from the higher division retains its status or whether the club from the lower division is promoted in its place.

Greuther Furth and Arminia Bielefeld finished in the Bundesliga’s automatic relegation places, while Schalke and Werder Bremen secured an immediate return to the top flight as Bundesliga 2 champions and runners-up respectively, having been relegated in 2020-21.

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