Victor Boniface AC Milan Deal Scatter: Social Media Drama Wey Follow Am in Pidgin
E no be small drama wey burst for social media when Victor Boniface, di Super Eagles striker wey dey play for Bayer Leverkusen, see im dream move to AC Milan scatter like pack of cards.
Dis 24-year-old footballer bin dey set to join di Italian giants on a €5 million loan deal wit option to buy for €24 million, but di whole tin crash like bad market.
Wetin cause am? Medical tests wey no gree pass, and na so di social media streets catch fire wit plenty talk and yabis in Naija Pidgin. Make we break am down.
How Di Deal Take Scatter
Boniface, wey don make name for imself as one of di hottest strikers for Bundesliga, bin don land Milan to seal di transfer.
Everybody, from fans to pundits, bin dey excited say naija boy go shine for San Siro, one of di biggest clubs for Europe.
Di deal don almost set—Bayer Leverkusen and AC Milan don shake hands, Victor don agree personal terms, and e remain small for di tin to click.
But as di medical tests start, wahala show face. AC Milan doctors check Boniface right knee, wey don suffer two ACL injuries for 2019 when e dey play for Bodø/Glimt, plus some muscle wahala wey bin bench am for Leverkusen.
Di scans show say di knee no dey 100%, and Milan no wan take risk. Na so dem pull plug for di deal, send Victor back to Germany sharperly.
Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano break di news for X, talk say, “AC Milan call Victor Boniface deal off as Nigerian striker no pass di medical tests.”
Boniface Fire Back for Social Media
As di news land, social media turn battleground. Some Naija fans and critics, especially some women, begin yab Boniface, talk say e too dey online, dey do “unserious jokester” and say na im social media lifestyle cause di wahala.
Dem talk say e no serious, say e dey waste time wit TikTok and dark-humor interviews instead of focusing on ball. One X user, @biolakazeem, even yarn say, “For a player wey don do two ACLs, I no think Victor Boniface insistence on being known as unserious jokester & walking meme help im career advancement.”
Boniface no gree swallow dat one. E jump on Instagram, fire back in pure Naija Pidgin, wey dey sweet but carry heavy shade.
E write, “Boniface no serious, he dey everywhere. I dey club like Leverkusen and club like Milan want me and I no serious. So if I serious, na club for Jupiter I go dey play.
Clowns everywhere. If I no serious and I dey dis level, make I remain like dat.” Di post blow up, scatter everywhere, and e show say Boniface no dey take nonsense.
E even call out Fabrizio Romano, tell am to delete post wey suggest say di failed deal get link wit im online life. Boniface clear am say, “Dis no get anything to do wit my transfer, ok? Na some Nigerian media.”
Fans and Defenders Rally Round
Not everybody bin dey yab Boniface sha. Plenty fans and even some big voices come out to defend am.
Dr. Kelechi Anyikude, one sports analyst, yarn say, “I think some Nigerians no get thinking faculty; dem no understand how tings work.
He had an injury, he had two ACL, and di transfer to AC Milan was off; e no get anything to do wit being on social media.” E point out say Boniface bin dey active online when e win Bundesliga and German Cup wit Leverkusen, so why dem dey blame im social media life now? Others praise di beauty of Pidgin, call am “lyrical and poetic,” and vex say people dey see am as “uneducated” talk.
One Reddit user yarn, “Nigerian Pidgin English is a legitimate language y’all. It’s not just Boniface being uneducated or something.”
Wetin Dey Next for Boniface
Despite di setback, Boniface no dey shake. E don return to Leverkusen, where e go continue to dey ball under new coach Erik ten Hag.
Di failed transfer no be di first—early dis year, Al Nassr for Saudi Arabia bin cancel move for am because of injury concerns too.
But Boniface still dey hot, wit Premier League and Turkish clubs dey eye am. For now, e go focus on regaining full fitness and proving im haters wrong for pitch. Naija fans dey hope say di Super Eagles star go use dis drama as fuel to shine brighter.
Social Media Still Dey Hot
Di drama no don end. Boniface still dey active online, even join TikTok live to surprise one startup owner wit N200,000 cash gift, despite di yabis wey e dey face.
Some fans hail am, talk say e dey smart to use di platform to connect wit people, while others still dey vex, say e need to “reduce im social media lifestyle.”
But Boniface no send anybody. Im Pidgin clapback show say e no go let trolls dull im shine. As one fan yarn, “Leave Boniface alone. Let di boy ball!”
Di AC Milan saga don show say football no be only about talent—medical fitness and media noise fit change everything. But for Boniface, di journey continue, and social media go always be im stage to talk im mind, in Pidgin or not.