Bonifas: In January, my brother suggested that I go to Serie A, but immediately changed my words after learning about Saudi Arabia s offer.

Football 11:09am, 22 July 2025 122

Milan intends to buy Bonifas this summer, and the Leverkusen striker talked about his experience of nearly playing football in Saudi Arabia in January this year when he participated in the blog show Webek Studios.

Bonifas said: "You know, despite my injuries many times, I'm still young. During the last winter transfer period (January of this year), I received a very high offer from Saudi Arabia, which is really high. So I think... I've been out of the way for so long because of the injury, if things don't go well... And on the other hand, if I go to Saudi Arabia and play there for two or three seasons, then I'm guaranteed in terms of economics."

Then Bonifas said: "So I started talking to my family and people have After starting to calculate how much money I can make in Saudi Arabia online, it was really a big sum of money, and I really received a lot of calls. Then I called my brother, who hadn't learned about it yet. I told him that I received a quote from the Saudi team, and another offer from the top Italian team. My brother said without hesitation: 'Do you still have to think about it? Go to Italy, where you can play the Champions League, and next year it will be the World Cup...'"

Bonifas continued: "I'm still going to continue after we hang up the phone Continue to consider...but two minutes later, my brother called me and he said, 'They sent me some information about the Saudi quotation...What more do you need to think about? You have to go to Saudi Arabia!' So, I accepted that offer."

Bonifas said: "But transfer is not only my personal matter, but also the club's opinions. People think that only the players need to agree, but they have to see what the club thinks about it. At that time, the club wanted to get a large transfer fee, asking for 70 million euros, and Sha I agreed and I was ready. I lived in Cologne and packed my luggage to Frankfurt, waiting for the flight. I prayed in the hotel... but nothing happened in the end, and the transaction failed at the end."

Bonifas also talked about an anecdote: "I thought I was going to make a lot of money, so I gave most of my brand-name clothes to my friends. After the transaction failed, I called my friends to ask for 'Well, can those LV clothes...' Haha."