Boateng reveals his son Maddox is a huge fan of Barcelona icon Lionel Messi

Kevin Prince Boateng has revealed that his son, Maddox was amazed when he heard of his move to Barcelona. 

In an interview with La Vanguardia, the attacker spoke about how he felt when Barca came calling and how his children reacted to realising that he will play alongside Lionel Messi.

He said: "I changed a lot of teams and at the end of my career here's the chance to play in this team is the most exciting thing to a footballer.

"I will be 32 years old in March, for me it was unthinkable I repeat, at this age it's a dream. How did my children react? Jermaine is 10 years old and has understood. Maddox is amazed that I will play with Messi."

“You're going to play with Messi, it's incredible ," he told me, "he knows who Leo is and that Barcelona is an important team."

Despite his desire to share field with Leo Messi , Kevin-Prince has not played alongside the Argentine, since Boateng has only played 63 minutes and all of them were against Sevilla in a game in which Leo rested .