Boateng Hints At Boro Exit

Last updated : 21 March 2008 By Sam
Although he has played in the last four games, Boateng has not been a regular first team starter this season and the 32-year-old Dutchman has hinted that he may have to leave Boro to gain regular first team football.

"There is a possibility, yes. I would be lying if I said no," he has said.

"But as long as I am here I will always give my best and perform well because I am not so fickle.

"When it comes to what the club has done for me and vice-versa, the things the fans said about me, the way they appreciated what I did, I haven't forgotten that.

"Overall, it has been great, I can't complain at the way my career has been here but there will be a time when you cannot stay here forever.

"I have one year left, but it is not whether I want to be here, it's whether the club wants me here - and wanting and showing someone that you want him to be here are two different things.

"I don't know if I have the right to be here for another year because I do feel the club is going to make dramatic changes during the summer.

"If I am honest, I don't see myself having a long-term future here, longer than the year I have, so we will have to review it in the summer and see what will happen."