Nigerian and Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface’s proposed transfer to Al Nassr was dashed when the Saudi Pro League Club chose Aston Villa’s Jhon Duran.
He will remain with the Bundesliga Champions following the transfer collapse.
This was confirmed by Fabrizio Romano via his X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday.
The post caption read, “Victor Boniface and Al Nassr, deal OFF.
“Nigerian striker won’t join the club, deal was advanced… but never done as Al Nassr never gave final green light.”
Romano announced the signing of Jhon Duran in a separate post. He wrote, “Jhon Durán to Al Nassr, here we go! “Story from earlier tonight confirmed as documents are being prepared.“
“Aston Villa to receive €77m fixed fee plus add-ons, long term deal accepted by Durán.
“Medical booked tomorrow and then he will travel to Saudi right after.”
The transfer of Boniface to Al Nassr looked all done as the striker had completed his medicals and other tests; he even said goodbye to his teammates at Bayer Leverkusen, only for the €60 million deal to fall through.
A lot of Nigerians were looking forward to seeing Boniface play alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane.
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