Transfer ticker on the “Deadline Day”
Werder Bremen gets Victor Boniface from Leverkusen
Updated on 01.09.2025 – 8:34 p.m.Reading time: 8 min.
The transfer period ends this Monday. Which clubs are still preparing? Which transfers work in the last second? The most important developments in the overview.
The “Deadline Day” regularly elects German football fans. On Monday, the clubs have the last chance to hire players. The transfers in Germany must be completed by 8 p.m. The most important news and change can be found here at a glance:
Bayer Leverkusen has found a buyer for Victor Boniface. The Nigerian switches to a ligacon competitor Werder Bremen for a year after a transfer to AC Milan had recently failed despite an agreement between the two clubs after the attacker’s medical check. Bayer and Werder announced this on Monday evening.
“I am sure that he can be a very important factor for our group this season,” said Bremen coach Horst Steffen. Leverkusen’s sports director Simon Rolfes referred to the competitive situation for Boniface at Bayer. “That’s why it was in Victors and in our interest to get a good solution here,” said Rolfes: “Hopefully Werder can restart at the top level and demonstrate his class.”
Boniface had suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in 2019 and 2020, and in early 2024 he failed for a long time due to an adductor injury. In 2025 he was only in four out of 16 Bundesliga games in the starting eleven. His contract in Leverkusen runs until 2028. The striker had little chance of a regular place behind striker Patrik Schick.
In January, Boniface had already agreed on a transfer with AL-NASSR from Saudi Arabia that was surprisingly bursting. As a result, Boniface was no longer able to build on his achievements from the double season and the first half of the past season.
The former German national team captain İlkay Gündoğan is about to switch to Galatasaray Istanbul. As several media report, the Turkish football champion has already agreed with Manchester City. Gündoğan is to sign a two -year contract in Istanbul. Galatasaray did not have the great pressure on Monday, the transfer window in Turkey only closes on September 12th.