{"id":152368,"date":"2025-02-22T17:28:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T16:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/transfer-boniface-on-newcastle-united-radar"},"modified":"2025-02-26T23:13:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T22:13:39","slug":"transfer-boniface-on-newcastle-united-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/transfer-boniface-on-newcastle-united-radar","title":{"rendered":"Transfer: Boniface on Newcastle United radar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Newscastle United are targeting a summer move for Bayer Leverkusen striker, Victor Boniface.<\/p>\n<p>Boniface has a contract with Leverkusen until 2029 but would be allowed to leave the Bundesliga champions if the offer is right.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi club Al Nassr submitted a \u20ac70m bid for the Nigeria international last month but later rescinded their plan.<\/p>\n<p>Al Nassr instead opted to sign Colombia and Aston Villa hitman, Jhon Duran.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Chronicle, Newcastle United are already in talks with Boniface\u2019s representatives.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old joined Bayer Leverkusen from Belgian Pro League outfit Union Saint-Gillloise in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>He has scored 31 goals and provided 11 assists in 52 games across all competitions for Die Werkself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Newscastle United are targeting a summer move for Bayer Leverkusen striker, Victor Boniface. Boniface has a contract with Leverkusen until 2029 but would be allowed to leave the Bundesliga champions if the offer is right. Saudi club Al Nassr submitted a \u20ac70m bid for the Nigeria international last month but later rescinded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":152367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[10462,15948,254,561],"class_list":["post-152368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-boniface","tag-newcastle-united","tag-nigeria","tag-transfer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Transfer: Boniface on Newcastle United radar - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Newscastle United are targeting a summer move for Bayer Leverkusen striker, Victor Boniface. 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