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Rumors about Bayer’s superstar Boniface
Updated on 03.02.2025 – 8:23 amReading time: 27 min.
The winter transfer phase is running and the German clubs are right in the middle of it. You can find rumors and fixed changes from the world of football here.
With the beginning of 2025, the change window opened in the Bundesliga and in other European leagues. In Germany, the transfer period ends on February 3. After that, players can still switch abroad if the leagues have a later transfer closure.
Which clubs are most urgently needed, what does FC Bayern do and what about the top European clubs? These and many other questions are answered in this transfer winter. At T-Online there are an overview of the most important assumptions and changes from Germany and the world.
Transfer burst, respect won: Victor Boniface got praise from his colleagues after his extraordinary appearance for Bayer Leverkusen at 3-1 (2-0) against TSG Hoffenheim. “It is remarkable how he came directly,” said Bayer captain Lukas Hradecky.
On Sunday evening, Boniface was surprisingly in the Master’s starting eleven. And for the first time since the beginning of November. The 24-year-old Nigerian had failed for longer with a thigh injury, should actually switch to the Ronaldo club Al-Nassr, but the transfer did not come about on the home stretch.
It will be shown on Monday whether a change is finally off the table. Transfers can still be made by evening. After the failed move to Al-Nassr, there were reports that Boniface English clubs were said to have been offered. Alonso’s statements rather suggest that he is now planning to the Nigerian. “He is focused and we need him in the second half of the season. We need the whole squad,” the Bayer coach said before the game at DAZN.
According to a report by the “Bild”, the commitment of three new players. In addition to the Swedish left-back Daniel Svensson, BVB also wants to get the French offensive player Rayan Cherki and the English young selection player Carney Chukwuemeka from Chelsea (see entry here in the ticker).
So far, Svensson has been playing at the Danish Club FC Nordsjælland. The 22-year-old is said to be loaned with a purchase option to BVB.
After 20 game days and a largely disappointing season, the former German champion only took eleven. Sports director Sebastian Kehl said to possible new additions after the 2-1 at 1. FC Heidenheim on Saturday: “We are working on some things.” Kehl hadn’t named names.
In-house Marcus Rashford changes from the English football record champions Manchester United to a loan base to the Premier League rival Aston Villa. The Red Devils announced the at least preliminary farewell of Old Trafford’s 27 -year -old international on Sunday evening. Manchester made no information about the conditions of the rental business.
Rashford recently no longer played a role in the former Champions League winner in the planning of coach Rúben Amorim. The contract of the wing striker in Manchester, where Rashford played since he was seven, runs until 2028.
The Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reported on Sunday evening that Borussia Dortmund had fixed the loan of a top talent from the Premier League.
Accordingly, Carney Chukwuemeka from Chelsea, on loan, switched to BVB until the end of the season. The deal includes a purchase option. Chukwuemeka should complete the medical check in Dortmund on Monday. The 21-year-old central midfielder did not play a single premier League game for the “Blues” in the current season, but was used in four Conference League games and in a game in the English league cup.
Werder Bremen is working on a commitment by the Portuguese André Silva from RB Leipzig, according to matching media reports. The 29-year-old attacker is said to leave the Bundesliga rival due to a lack of sporting perspective. In the current season, he has only had eight missions in the league. In Bremen, on the other hand, Silva could strengthen the thinned out offensive.
The striker had his best time at Eintracht Frankfurt when he scored 28 Bundesliga goals in just one season in 2020/21. The biggest obstacle to a possible transfer to Bremen is Silva’s high salary. For the time being, only one rental business is conceivable. The transfer period in the Bundesliga ends this Monday evening at 8:00 p.m.