Tar confirmed doubts about fitness
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This article was published on August 23 at 11:14 a.m. and then added to the third paragraph.
The desired change from Bayer Leverkusen’s striker Victor Boniface to AC Milan is apparently not for the time being. As first reported the “Gazzetta Dello Sport”, there should be a fourth medical examination on Saturday. According to reports, the clubs had already agreed on a loan business – in conversation there was a rental fee of 5 million and a purchase option of 24 million euros.
The 24 -year -old striker, who was involved in 44 goals for Bayer in 61 games, traveled to Milan on Friday. First he had completed the medical check in the La Madonnina hospital, then his sports suitability in the Centro Ambrosiano was found. After that, Milan is said to have carried out further tests at a familiar orthopedic surgeon in the Galeazzi hospital, which was not yet enough. On Saturday it should continue for the Nigerian, whose market value is 40 million euros.
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Update: Milan’s sports director Igli Tar said on the edge of the 1-2 defeat against US Cremonese on Saturday evening about the personnel: “There were no further medical studies for Boniface. We knew that he had physical problems in the past, so we will now examine the reports to make the right decision together with the coach.” The striker traveled back to Leverkusen on Saturday and was waiting for a decision, it said in Italian media. At the same time, the Rossoneri discussions with Sporting Lisbon about a transfer from Conrad Harder, reports transfer reporter Fabrizio Romano. Meanwhile, the “kicker” assumes that the Boniface transfer to Milan has burst for the time being that it was decided against an obligation. However, it is not impossible that the Serie-A-Club will come back to the personnel, other options should not be realized.
Boniface had two cruciate ligament tears and muscle complaints
The background is apparently the two cruciate ligament tears that Boniface had suffered in Norway in March 2019 and November 2020. Last season, in which he missed 14 Bayer games, he had to deal with muscle complaints. In 2023/24, he lacked the Werkelf in the second half of the season for almost three months due to an adductor injury.
Boniface, who changed Union SG from Belgium under the Bayer Kreuz in 2023/24 for EUR 22.6 million, was already before jumping at the beginning of the year. At that time, a transfer to the Saudi club Al-Nassr was planned. A transfer fee of around 70 million euros was in the room, but the deal burst – the employer of Cristiano Ronaldo instead won Aston Villas Jhon Durán for 77 million euros. In the meantime, Durán plays loan for Fenerbahce.
Boniface would be after Florian Wirtz, Lukas Hradecky, Granit Xhaka, Matej Kovar, Odilon Kossounou, Jonathan Tah, Jeremie Frimpong and Amine Adli The ninth player from the championship season 2023/24, who leaves the workself this summer. So far, Bayer has received 230 million euros with player sales and invested 141 million euros in 14 entrances (for all Bayer transfers).