Goal.com · Apr 18, 2020
Kevin-Prince Boateng wanted Hertha Berlin return; Klinsmann ignored calls
Besiktas forward Kevin-Prince Boateng says he wanted to rejoin Hertha Berlin and had a grand plan to re-establish them as a football heavyweight, but received no response when he contacted the club’s former coach Jurgen Klinsmann in January.
Boateng, who is at Besiktas on loan from Serie A side Fiorentina, was keen on a return to Berlin where he grew up before completing two professional seasons at the club, from 2005 to 2007.
But a text message to Klinsmann went unanswered, shattering his plot to also convince Mario Gotze and Julian Draxler to sign for the Bundesliga side.
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“But there was never an answer [from Klinsmann],” Boateng told Der Spiegel.