Boniface reveals how ‘village people’ worked against his move to Al Nassr

Victor Boniface has revealed how his dream switch to Saudi giants Al Nassr fell apart at the final moment, despite having his bags packed, his designer clothes given away, and a €70 million deal agreed between clubs.

It was meant to be a life-changing January switch, a mega transfer that would have seen Boniface link up with Cristiano Ronaldo at Al Nassr and pocket a fortune in the Saudi Pro League.

But for Boniface, what looked like a done deal turned into a surreal collapse right at the airport, leaving him to joke that only his ‘village people’ could have stopped it.

The Bayer Leverkusen in a video has now opened up on how close he came to leaving Germany, and how it all collapsed just as he was about to board his flight.

“It was a big offer. €70M for the club (Leverkusen), so they couldn’t say no. They accepted, so I was ready to go, and I even had my suitcases packed,” Boniface said.

Living in Cologne at the time, the Super Eagles forward made his way to Frankfurt Airport, ready to sign and fly out. So confident was he that the move was done, he even started giving away his luxury wardrobe.

“The offer was so huge that I even gave away some of my luxury clothes to my friends,” he added.

But instead of landing in Saudi Arabia, Boniface found himself stuck in limbo at the terminal, waiting for the final call that never came.

“I was at the airport, waiting, praying that the transfer would go through, but my village people were like come and go, let’s see. But at the last minute, everything fell through,” he further revealed.

The deal collapsed after Al Nassr switched their attention to Jhon Duran from Aston Villa instead.

Watch the interview below:

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