Boateng: "Milan Are The Future Of Football," Praises Diversity

Kevin-Prince Boateng is excited at the idea of playing for AC Milan and says its a dream come true for the 23 year old.

The Black Star midfielder, who helped propel Ghana to the quarterfinals of the World Cup, officially joined Milan on Wednesday after much speculation, in a deal which saw him bought by Genoa from Portsmouth and then immediately loaned to the Rossoneri, who have an option to buy next summer.

"Wonderful Milan are the future of football," the former Hertha, Tottenham, Dortmund, and Portsmouth player declared yesterday.

He explains this by praising Milan's diversity. "The greatest football teams are multi-racial and the Rossoneri history is unique," he says.

"Together, we can win everything."

Milan do have a diverse club, as Boateng points out. Of the thirty five players who have been available for preseason matches thus far, plus Boateng, nineteen of the first team players are Italian, while the rest of the squad is made up by three Brazilians, two Dutchmen, two Ghanaians, and a player from each from Georgia, the United States, Sierra Leone, Greece, France, the Czech Republic, Nigeria, Colombia, Germany, and Slovenia.

Milan have long been praised as a hot spot for foreign players. As many clubs continue to refuse to help their new foreign players adjust to life in a new country, Milan have done the opposite.

Former Dutch international, who never played for Milan, praised the club in the 2009 book Soccernomics:

"Milan: best club ever. AC Milan is organized in a way you can't believe. Anything is done for you: you arrive, you get your house, it's fully furnished, you get five cars to choose from, you know the sky's the limit. They really say: we'll take care of everything else; you make sure you play really well. Whereas unfortunately in a lot of clubs, you have to get after it yourself....Sometimes you get to a club, and you've got people actually at the club who take profit from players."

This is a reason why many players, despite Milan's current lack of funds, still want to play there.

Ironically, it was because many within AC Milan did not want to get involved in buying foreign players, that the club split in 1908, with those in favor of foreign help formed FC Internazionale Milano.

If only the club had the thinking back then it did now about foreign players.

Now all that remains is to improve funds and continue to acquire them.