Germans would not want soccer star Boateng as neighbour, politician says


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  • Sunday, 29 May 2016

Football Soccer - Borussia Moenchengladbach v Bayern Munich - German Bundesliga - BORUSSIA PARK, Moenchengladbach, Germany - 05/12/15 Bayern Munich's Jerome Boateng reacts REUTERS/Ina Fassbender

BERLIN (Reuters) - People in Germany would not want soccer star Jerome Boateng, born in Berlin from a Ghanaian father, as their neighbour, Alexander Gauland, vice chair of anti-immigration party, Alternative for Germany, said in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on Sunday.

"People find him good as a football player but they don't want a Boateng as their neighbour," Gauland told the Sunday edition of the newspaper.

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