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Sporting pull out of Kevin-Prince Boateng deal over image rights

LISBON, Portugal -- Sporting Lisbon have revealed that talks to sign midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng have ended after the two sides failed to reach agreement on the player's image rights.

The Ghana international arrived in Lisbon on Tuesday for talks with the Portuguese club after being released by German club Schalke in May.

But Sporting announced on their Facebook page on Wednesday that negotiations were over.

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A Sporting Clube de Portugal, Futebol, SAD, informa que após negociações com o atleta Kevin-Prince Boateng, não foi poss...

Posted by Sporting Clube de Portugal on Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Boateng, who joined Schalke from AC Milan in the summer of 2013, was widely expected to leave the Royal Blues after two disappointing years at the Veltins Arena and was let go after Schalke's sporting director Horst Heldt said some players would not "survive the next training session" if they failed to show greater commitment.

The 28-year-old, who has not featured for the Ghana national team since being sent home from last summer's World Cup, has also been linked with a move to China.

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