Boateng has removed his contract extension option- Beşiktaş president Ahmet Nur Çebi

Published on: 22 June 2020

The president of Turkish giants Beşiktaş, Ahmet Nur Çebi, has revealed that Kevin-Prince Boateng has voluntarily removed an option that would have triggered an automatic contract extension.

The 33 year old signed for the Super Lig side on loan in January. In the contract, an option was included. Boateng had to play for at least 45 minutes a game for 10 games to trigger a 1.7 million euro a year extension. So far, he has made seven appearances of which six of them meets the criteria.

The coronavirus pandemic has hit a lot of clubs hard including Beşiktaş. They asked the Ghanaian to remove the clause in the contract and he has agreed.

"He had the option of 1 million 700 thousand euros, but he raised it. He said," Don't be tied to me, I want to play ball, "and we removed the option," Ahmet Nur Çebi told CNN Turk.

The former Barcelona star has scored two goals for Beşiktaş so far.

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