{"id":11994,"date":"2014-04-09T12:07:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T12:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=11994"},"modified":"2014-04-09T12:07:49","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T12:07:49","slug":"arsenal-to-swoop-for-kevin-prince-boateng-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=11994","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal to swoop for Kevin-Prince Boateng"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11989\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11989\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989\" alt=\"Kevin Prince Boateng\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/k.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/k.jpg 620w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/k-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Prince Boateng<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Arsenal are set to bid for Schalke\u00a0midfielder\u00a0Kevin-Prince Boateng next Summer,\u00a0<strong>allsports.com.gh<\/strong>\u00a0can confirm.<\/p>\n<p>A respected club source has revealed\u00a0that Arsene Wenger is considering replacing Mikel Arteta with the Ghanaian International after some disappointing performances from the Spaniard in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>Boateng\u00a0only signed for Schalke this season after leaving previous club AC Milan, but could be on the move again if Arsenal make a good enough offer to lure him to the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old would likely cost around \u00a315million after a strong season in the Bundesliga, and is not the only Schalke player to be targeted by Wenger in recent times, with star youngster Julian Draxler also possibly still on the Frenchman&#8217;s radar.<\/p>\n<p>Boateng&#8217;s\u00a0versatility makes him appealing, and it could be that he is also used to fill in out wide when needed to, with Arsenal somewhat lacking a direct alternative to the injury-prone Theo Walcott in that area.<\/p>\n<p>Boateng has plied his trade in England before, of course, lining up for Arsenal&#8217;s fierce local rivals Tottenham Hotspur, as well as Portsmouth later on, with whom he reached the FA Cup final in 2009\/10.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: allsports.com.gh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are set to bid for Schalke\u00a0midfielder\u00a0Kevin-Prince Boateng next Summer,\u00a0allsports.com.gh\u00a0can confirm. A respected club source has revealed\u00a0that Arsene Wenger is considering replacing Mikel Arteta with the Ghanaian International after some disappointing performances from the Spaniard in recent times. Boateng\u00a0only signed for Schalke this season after leaving previous club AC Milan, but could be on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":11989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[29,3,38],"class_list":["post-11994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-mahamudu-bawumia","tag-ghana-news","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}