Yep – this is easily the weirdest transfer of the month!
Barcelona have secured Kevin-Prince Boateng from Sassuolo on a loan deal, with an option to buy the Ghanaian at the end of the season for £7m…
The 31-year-old, formerly of Portsmouth and Spurs, among 12 other clubs, will arrive to compete with Barcelona’s plethora of midfielders for game-time.
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Manager Ernesto Valverde has stopped selecting former Liverpool star Coutinho in his three-man midfield, rotating him in and out of the front-three instead – so this signing is another nail in the coffin of his central opportunities.
Coutinho is already behind the likes of Arturo Vidal, Ivan Rakitic, Arthur and Carlos Alena in contention for the two spots alongside Sergio Busquets – and now probably KPB as well!
Fans of all clubs on Twitter found the transfer ridiculous, with one suggesting that Barca are ‘trolling’ Coutinho at this point!
It doesn’t look good for the Brazilian, does it?
https://twitter.com/futbolmarcoh/status/1087322200783417345
https://twitter.com/ThomasLPaterson/status/1087551370591379456
https://twitter.com/ScouserInIberia/status/1087435373888847873
Trying to sell Coutinho but signing Kevin-Prince Boateng, what managemer mode nonsense is this💀
— blkswn. (@SIYA__N) January 22, 2019
What’s going on? What’s this guy going to do at Barca? How’s he going to get games when Coutinho and Dembele are finding it hard? Well if anyone can smash the odds is Kevin Prince Boateng! Congrats! pic.twitter.com/JyXmqAB3kT
— ChaseBlog (@ChaseThaM0ney) January 22, 2019
"Lets sell Coutinho and loan Boateng"
Barcelona's board logic pic.twitter.com/MsOcfHYpTa
— Sayudha (@MSayudha) January 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/jasonbannerman/status/1087323361087311872
It kind of feels like Barcelona are just trolling Coutinho at this point if they actually sign Kevin Prince Boateng
— Did It Cross The Line? (@diditcross) January 21, 2019
Coutinho being replaced by Kevin Prince Boateng ahhh
— M (@FutbolMoe) January 21, 2019
Imagine the manager starts Boateng and Dembele ahead of Coutinho just to take the piss😂😂😂😂😂
— nav. (@bignxvv) January 21, 2019
Kevin Prince boateng has replaced coutinho at Barca lol the savage
— Nathan Bailey (@nathanbaileyfrw) January 21, 2019