According to Sky Sport Germany, two clubs have made enquiries about Victor Boniface, the Nigerian striker at Bayer Leverkusen, who would like to leave the club as soon as the winter transfer window opens. According to Punch, the German club would be ready to let him go in January.
Victor Boniface himself wants a change of scenery, according to Foot Africa. The journalist Florian Plettenberg, of Sky Sport Germany, is behind the information: the striker would like to leave Bayer Leverkusen when the winter transfer window opens. According to the same source, two clubs have made enquiries about him, without their identity being revealed.
Arriving from Union Saint-Gilloise in August 2023, Boniface had scored 21 goals in all competitions during Bayer Leverkusen’s title-winning 2023-24 season. He is under contract with the club until June 2028, Foot Africa recalls.
Fourteen minutes in the Bundesliga
At 25, Boniface has slipped down the pecking order among Leverkusen’s forwards. Punch places him as third choice, behind Patrik Schick and Christian Kofane. His playing time bears this out: fourteen minutes in two Bundesliga appearances this season, plus a brief outing in the German Cup.
The sidelining is even clearer in the Europa League, for which he was left out of the squad list. For a player who took part in the 2023-24 domestic triumph, the contrast is stark.
Two anonymous clubs, nothing official
For now, nothing has been made official. Neither Sky Sport Germany nor the media relaying the information have named the two interested clubs. Punch and Foot Africa report, in the conditional, that Leverkusen would be ready to let him go in January, either permanently or on loan.
This is not the first time the subject has come up. In October, Sky had already reported that the striker wanted to leave; Simon Rolfes, Bayer Leverkusen’s managing director, had played down the information at the time. Plettenberg’s latest report therefore puts the case back at the forefront.
A winter transfer window expected in January
The opening of the winter transfer window, in January, is the date set by the information being relayed. The contract, valid until June 2028, does not rule out a permanent sale or a loan, two options Leverkusen would be ready to consider.
It remains to be seen whether the interest of the two clubs will turn into a concrete offer. No figure has been reported at this stage.