{{Ghana midfielder Derek Boateng has completed a two-year deal to join Fulham. Boateng will join Fulham this summer for their pre-season training to start his career with the Cottagers.}}<\/p>\n
The Ghana midfielder signed for Martin Jol\u2019s men, according to his friend, on a free transfer after snubbing late interest from Aston Villa.<\/p>\n
Boateng, 30, has seen moves from Ukrainian club Dnipro to Craven Cottage collapse last year and in January.<\/p>\n
But Fulham have finally got their man and he has put pen to paper on a two-year deal on a free transfer.<\/p>\n
The club have been heavily linked with the Ghana international over the past two transfer windows but grabbed their man after the third time of asking.<\/p>\n
Regardless, as a free agent, there would seem to be little risk in moving for a player that comes with reasonable pedigree.<\/p>\n
Capped 46 times, the central midfielder is full of energy and has an enviable work rate \u2013 both traits that would complement our current crop.<\/p>\n
However, he\u2019s a player that is slow to adapt, having played all across Europe for eight different clubs and yet only excelling in a couple of those stints.<\/p>\n
He was superb with AIK in Sweden, and impressed with Beitar Jerusalem and Getafe.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, though, he has failed to find his feet and, now that he has reached his thirties, there is not long left for Boateng to prove himself.<\/p>\n
Fulham could well bring the best out of the player, as we have done with many others in the past, but it could also prove to be a transfer fraught with risk.<\/p>\n
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