{"id":464339,"date":"2025-12-23T06:59:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/?p=464339"},"modified":"2025-12-23T06:59:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:59:34","slug":"boniface-set-to-undergo-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/boniface-set-to-undergo-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Boniface Set To Undergo Surgery","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Boniface is set to undergo surgery for a problematic knee injury, reports <a href=\"http:\/\/Completesports.com\">Completesports.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria international is currently on a season-long loan with Werder Bremen from Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n<p>Boniface has not played full 90 minutes for Bremen this season due to the injury.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old has managed 326 minutes of playing time for the Greens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/tomori-im-working-hard-to-be-part-of-england-squad-for-2026-world-cup\/\">Tomori: I\u2019m Working Hard To Be Part Of England Squad For 2026 World Cup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to German, publication, <a href=\"http:\/\/bild.de\">BILD<\/a>, Bayer Leverkusen doctors have recommended surgery for the player.<\/p>\n<p>Boniface sustained the injury in training at the start of December. 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