In terms of sport, Kevin-Prince Boateng’s added value for Hertha BSC is now manageable: only one starting eleven has been recorded under Sandro Schwarz, and the star player has only been on the field for a total of 96 minutes this Bundesliga season. Nevertheless, the Berliners continue to plan with the former leader.
Sports director Fredi Bobic in particular should be keen to retain the 35-year-old at the capital club beyond the summer of 2023. Then Boateng’s working paper at Hertha BSC will expire and the midfielder will end his active playing career.
According to information from “Sport Bild”, Fredi Bobic is currently trying to install what is currently probably the most popular Hertha player as sports director. Since Arne Friedrich’s retirement at the beginning of this year, this post has been vacant at the Old Lady. Boateng is believed to be capable of a direct change to Hertha management.
Boateng once made the breakthrough at Hertha BSC
During his active career, Boateng has been under contract with clubs in Germany, England, Italy, Spain and Turkey since 2005 and still has good contacts in all countries. The club from the capital apparently wanted to continue to use this for themselves after the end of the native Berliner’s playing career.
In the summer of 2021, Boateng returned to his heart club after 14 years, where he once made the leap to becoming a professional footballer.
In the past season he was one of the most important building blocks in the Hertha squad.
The events between Boateng and Hertha’s head coach Felix Magath before the decisive relegation game in May against Hamburger SV are already legendary, when the player gave his coach the supposedly optimal line-up. Hertha BSC won 2-0 and celebrated last-minute relegation in the Bundesliga.