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Super Eagles striker Victor Boniface must be cursing his rotten luck as he is now set to undergo a knee surgery that will end his season.

However, he will remain on loan at Bundesliga club Werder Bremen.

This past week, Victor Boniface visited a specialist in Austria over his persistent knee problem.

Bild has now reported that the loan transfer for Victor Boniface between Werder Bremen and Leverkusen will be maintained until the end of the season.

Victor Boniface will not play for Werder again due to a confirmed cartilage damage that now has to result in surgery.

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Werder Bremen will not face financial consequences, as Leverkusen will cover the salary of the player.

The bubbly striker was philosophical after news broke he will need to go under the knife again.

“Been putting fake smile for almost a year. But God knows why all this is happening. Grateful to God,” he posted on X

Earlier he had described 2025 as “tough year”.

Super Eagles and Werder Bremen striker Victor Boniface has been in the headlines of late, and not for football reasons, Soccernet.ng reports.

The 24-year-old is yet to find the back of the net for his new side after joining on loan from Bayer 04 Leverkusen on the transfer deadline day.

However, his social media posts have raised concerns recently, especially after he shared a cryptic and, in some eyes, disrespectful post on his Instagram story.

“If you waste your money on too many women, you will not achieve anything in life. Find yourself one or two women and settle down. At most three women, or if you are going through a lot, four is also okay,” Boniface wrote.

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Boniface also wrote – “Life is like a shoe, you can’t drink a cow because the earth is a carrot” – which stirred frowns.

Werder Bremen head coach, Horst Steffen, has revealed that the social media perception of Boniface is not who he is in reality.

“I’ve gotten to know him as a very lovely person; he’s very likeable, approachable, and dedicated to the team,” the 56-year-old told the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

“We laugh a lot together; I think it’s great when a player has such a sense of humour and shows such joy.

“He’s fit right in with our group. I don’t know what others say or how it was elsewhere,” the 56-year-old concluded.

Nigeria international Victor Boniface has seen moves to Al Nassr and AC Milan fail in recent months as his spell in Bayer Leverkusen increasingly looks close to the end.

West Ham United have been offered the chance to sign Nigerian striker Victor Boniface after his proposed move to AC Milan collapsed, Soccernet.ng reports.

The Bayer Leverkusen forward, who struck 11 goals in all competitions last season, was close to sealing a switch to Italy on loan with an option to buy for around £21m.

However, the transfer broke down after the 24-year-old reportedly failed a medical, leaving his future uncertain just days before the window closed.

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A report by Give Me Sport indicates intermediaries have now presented Boniface to West Ham, with Leverkusen open to letting him leave despite the forward having four years left on a contract worth close to £95,000 per week. The Bundesliga club were initially willing to sanction his move to Milan, but have since been circulating his name across Europe as he looks for a new challenge.

The Hammers, who have endured a poor start to the Premier League campaign with three straight defeats, are already strengthening their squad with deals for Portugal Under-21 midfielder Mateus Fernandes and Monaco defender Soungoutou Magassa. Yet manager Graham Potter is also weighing up whether to add a striker before Monday’s 7 pm deadline.

The former Union SG forward currently has an estimated market value of €40 million as per Transfermarkt.

Expert faults Rossoneri ‘poor handling’

A shattered Victor Boniface did not waste time to take to social media to vent his frustration after a proposed transfer to AC Milan was called off due to a failed medical.

A popular social media user, Boniface tackled his critics head-on online soon after news broke out that Milan will not sign him due to concerns over his physical condition.

 “Try to make it to my level before you insult me,” the Bayer Leverkusen striker lashed out at a follower during his live stream on TikTok after his transfer to AC Milan was halted due to a failed medical test.

In another outburst online, the 24-year-old striker fired: “Clowns everywhere” in reference to comments about the failed transfer.

Boniface also engaged Top Transfer Expert Fabrizio Romano on the issue, demanding that he should take down a post about him.

There was a verbal agreement between Leverkusen and Milan for the loan transfer of Victor Boniface with even an option to buy at the end of the season.

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In a related development, an Italian transfer expert, Alfredo Pedullà,  has berated Milan for their poor handling of the potential  switch of  Victor Boniface from Bayer Leverkusen , adding the  Italian giants  should have  done their homework  first before  the circus  in the media.

Regarded as  Football Italia’s leading  voice in the ‘wheeling and dealing’  business , Pedullà  said  ‘the Rossoneri got it all wrong in this situation’

 “If we might be so bold, we’d say Milan dealt terribly with the whole thing,” he noted matter-of-factly. “Once upon a time, when dealing with players who had the long injury history of Boniface, directors would’ve ensured medical tests were performed in secret before making a definitive decision.

“Instead, as far as we are concerned, Milan unfairly and pointlessly subjected the Nigerian to cameras and selfies, knowing full well the whole time that the transfer was at risk.”

He added: “It would’ve been far better to proceed with caution and away from the media glare, so that it could be evaluated behind closed doors and not under the spotlights.

“The ideal strategy for both Milan and the player would be silence, but they should’ve thought of that before and not afterwards. It’s a pity.”

Against the background of a history of serious injuries, AC Milan have subjected Victor Boniface to an unusual series of tests, putting the Bayer Leverkusen striker through an extremely in-depth medical that continued yesterday.

According to FootballItalia, Milan are leaving nothing to chance to make sure the Super Eagles striker is fully fit to withstand the rigours of the new Italian Serie A.

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Victor Boniface is set to complete a loan move from Bayer Leverkusen with an option for a permanent transfer thereafter.

However, the 24-year-old striker has endured two ACL injuries as well as several other long-term injuries in his career.

The medical tests include an orthopedic exam and the fourth round of these tests will be today.

AC Milan and Bayer  Leverkusen  have reportedly reached  full agreement that would see Nigeria international Victor Boniface join the Rossoneri on loan with an option to buy.

According to transfer experts including  Fabrizio Romano, Matteo Moretto and Florian Plettenberg, Milan have reached an agreement to sign Boniface on an initial season-long loan deal, and already have an agreement in place for a four-year contract with the 24-year-old beginning from the start of next season.

Milan will reportedly pay a fee of around €5m to sign Boniface on loan, and will have a non-mandatory buy option for an additional €24m, taking the total cost of the operation to a figure just shy of €30m.

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The Rossoneri have been actively searching for a new centre-forward over the last few weeks given that Santiago Gimenez is currently the only senior striker in Massimiliano Allegri’s squad.

A slight injury to Rafael Leao, who had started as a centre-forward in Milan’s first competitive match of the 2025-26 season, has also increased the urgency for a new striker in San Siro.

Milan had also been linked with moves for Manchester United’s Rasmus Hojlund and Juventus’s Dusan Vlahovic, but have been unable to come to a full agreement with any of the aforementioned parties despite weeks of negotiations.

Once Boniface’s move is completed, he will become Milan’s eighth new signing of the summer transfer window, following the previous arrivals of Luka Modric, Ardon Jashari, Samuele Ricci, Koni De Winter, Pervis Estupinan, Zachary Athekame and Pietro Terracciano.

• Chukwueze risks  Serie A opener

Victor Boniface  could finally be on his way out of Bayer Leverkusen  after AC  Milan  reportedly   proposed a loan deal  with option to buy for a total of €30m (about  N53.7 Billion)  for the  Nigeria International striker.

Boniface  has been subject of interest  for Milan searching for a striker all summer, with options including Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus and Manchester United’s Rasmus Hojlund.

According to Football Italia, Milan seems  to have ‘have found a player available on their terms’ Boniface  since others ‘require either permanent transfers, or a loan with obligation to buy’.

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 “The total cost if confirmed would be around €30m, although it is possible some clauses could be included to make this an obligation if certain conditions were met,” the Italian news outlet claimed.

Despite numerous injury problems, Boniface still managed to score 11 goals and provide two assists in 27 competitive games for Bayer Leverkusen last season.

In a related development, Boniface’s compatriot Samuel Chukwueze  may miss this weekend  Serie A opener  after missing  Milan’s training  session  at Milanello yesterday.

The winger  reportedly missed both the morning and afternoon sessions at Milanello due to a minor injury that  he’d  picked up. Though expected to be up  and running at  today’s training, Chukwueze is  said to be a risk for the weekend’s fixture, considering there are quite a few players that are above him in the hierarchy

Incidentally, there have been reports suggesting  Chukwueze could leave this summer but there has been no movement just yet.

Super Eagles attacker Victor Boniface is certain Bayer Leverkusen’s new manager, Erik ten Hag, will thrive at the German club.

The Dutch tactician was appointed following the departure of Xabi Alonso, who took over as Real Madrid manager after a successful stint in Germany.

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Speaking to German outlet BILD, Boniface showed optimism about the club’s future under Ten Hag.

 “Xabi Alonso, some of his assistants, and several players have left. But we’ve also brought in some quality players and now have a great coach in Erik ten Hag, who has enjoyed success at both Ajax and Manchester United,” he said.