Racist German party leader whippedGauland later denied the comments and said he never

insulted Boateng whom he did not know. He added

that he had only described some people’s attitudes in

a background conversation with the journalists.

Meanwhile, Frauke Petry who later apologized to

Boateng tweeted: “Jerome Boateng is a super

footballer who is rightly a member of the German

national team. I’m looking forward to the European

Championship.”

Jerome Boateng opted to play for Germany who he

played for even in youth tournaments whilst Kevin

Prince Boateng switched allegiance to Ghan on
Jerome Boateng comments.   

Alexander Gauland, deputy chief of the German right-

wing Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) and his party

have come under heavy criticism over racist

comments about footballer Jerome Boateng.

Jerome and Kevin Boateng

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Gauland told the Sunday newspaper Frankfurter

Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung who headlined the news

as “Gauland insults Boateng”, and quoted the

politician as saying: “People find him good as a

footballer, but they don’t want to have Boateng as a

neighbour.”

He said most Germans would not like to have Boateng,

whose father is Ghanaian, as a neighbor in an

interview which sparked a wide condemnation across

the country

Boateng, 27, was born to a German mother in Germany

just like his brother Kelvin Prince Boateng, and both

to a Ghanaian father.

The leader of the AfD, Frauke Petry, apologised for the

impression and Germany manager Oliver Bierhoff said

people who made such comments “are simply

discrediting themselves”.

Vice-chancellor Sigmar Gabriel expressed his disgust

at the comments when he said: “that Gauland is not

just against foreigners but againsit the good things

about Germany”.