Boniface brushes off fitness concerns

During a press conference on Wednesday, Victor Boniface addressed questions on various topics, including reports about his fitness.

Victor Boniface has dismissed concerns about his fitness after joining Werder Bremen on loan from Bayer Leverkusen on deadline day.

“Who’s talking about my fitness?” Boniface said at a press conference on Wednesday (via Kicker).

“Whatever you want to believe from the media is not my concern. If they say I’m a good guy, believe it; if they say I’m a bad guy, believe that. I don’t care.”

He confirmed that he feels fully fit.

“If that weren’t the case, I’d be in the hospital and couldn’t be here talking now,” he added, shrugging.

Before joining Werder, a move to AC Milan fell through after the Nigerian striker underwent a medical in Italy. Asked about the collapsed transfer, he said:

“That wasn’t up to me. They decided not to pursue it. 

“I have a strong mentality and see life this way: if something like this happens, then it’s meant to be. It’s not a problem for me; I just keep going.”

At Werder, Boniface will wear the number 44 jersey because 22 is already taken.

“For me, 22 is a special number because I lost my mother on that day –so I doubled it,” he explained.