Former Barcelona Loanee, Boateng, Moves To Monza AC From Fiorentina

Former Barcelona loanee, Kevin-Prince Boateng has moved to Monza AC, the Italian second-tier club owned by former AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi from Fiorentina.

The 33-year-old player is the 11th move to the club in a busy transfer window aimed at supporting Monza in its quest for a second consecutive promotion to the top-flight league after elevation to Serie B last season.

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"It is our eleventh move, the final blow that we wanted," Monza and former Milan chief executive officer Adriano Galliani told a local newspaper.

Boateng, a Ghana international, spent the last season on loan to Turkish top-flight club Besiktas and had stints at AC Milan when the club was still owned by Berlusconi, as well as a Serie A rivals Sassuolo and Genoa.

The former Schalke 04 player was on loan at Barcelona for 6 months -  he had no goal and no assist in 4 appearances for Blaugrana.

He returned to Sassuolo before going to Fiorentina.

Berlusconi bought Monza, the club based in a city in the north of Italy not far from Milan, in 2018, three years after it was relegated to fourth-tier Serie D due to bankruptcy. Monza had managed in the meantime to be promoted to Serie C.

Monza faces SPAL on Friday in their first game of the season.