Top five transfers of JPL season: Romano names Gift Orban as the best, Boniface third
Published: June 26, 2023
Italian transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano has picked his top five transfers of the Jupiler Pro League season, with two Nigerian strikers making the cut.     In first place is Gift Orban, who swapped Stabæk for KAA Gent just before the close of the January transfer window, and in third position is Victor B...
Gent goal machine Gift Orban is most valuable player in Belgium, Boniface joint-seventh 
Published: June 09, 2023
Transfermarkt on Friday, June 9 updated the market value of players in the Jupiler Pro League.    KAA Gent striker Gift Orban now has the honour of being considered the most valuable player in the whole of Belgium, with a market value of 20 million euros (approximately N10 billion in Nigerian currency).   ...
Man City, Bayern Munich and Villarreal monitoring Flying Eagles centre-back Fredrick
Published: June 01, 2023
German Bundesliga champions, Bayern Munich, Premier League winner, Manchester City and Spanish outfit, Villarreal are keeping tabs on  Benjamin Fredrick.   ​ This is according to transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano who says the aforementioned clubs are 'following' Fredrick, who is starring for the Flying ...
Union SG striker Boniface nominated for JPL Player of the Season, why Orban was omitted
Published: May 31, 2023
Victor Boniface is in the running for the Jupiler Pro League Player of the Season Award following his exceptional performances for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise this season.  ​​ ​ Boniface has registered 9 goals and eight assists for USG in 36 appearances in the Belgian top-flight this campaign. ​ ​ Th...
'He is an incredible weapon that everyone wants' - Gent boss lavishes praise on Orban 
Published: May 27, 2023
Gent boss Hein Vanhaezebrouck has praised Nigerian striker, Gift Orban for his magnificent prowess in front of goal. Orban has been firing on all cylinders since moving to Gent. in the January transfer window from the Norwegian side, Stabæk.   He hit the ground running from his first game in the Belgian Pr...
Lille plotting move for Gift Orban as replacement for Jonathan David 
Published: May 25, 2023
French Ligue 1 club Lille have shown an interest in signing prolific Nigerian attacker Gift Orban in the summer transfer window.   Italian transfer market guru Fabrizio Romano confirmed on his social media page that Lille have made contact with the representative of Orban, who shares the same agent as Super Eag...
Best player of African descent in Belgium: Podium finishes for Orban, Boniface; Genk star crowned 
Published: May 23, 2023
Paul Onuachu's former teammate at Genk,Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye has beaten Nigerian forward, Victor Boniface and Gift Orban to the Ebony Shoe, otherwise called the Golden Shoe Award. It is an annual award given to the best African or African origin player in the Belgian Pro League.    Boniface and Or...
Gift Orban's goal helps Gent qualify for next season's Europa Conference League 
Published: May 20, 2023
Gift Orban was on the scoresheet yet again for Gent as they battled to a 2-2 draw with Circle Brugge at the Ghelamco Arena in the Jupiler League playoffs on Saturday. Kévin Denkey gave Cercle Brugge the lead in the 18th minute before Gift Orban drew level for the home side in the 49th minute when he slotted the b...
'I can no longer count the interested clubs' - Union SG CEO admits Boniface is a wanted man 
Published: May 20, 2023
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise CEO Philippe Bormans has admitted that it seems unlikely that Victor Boniface will remain at Les Unionistes next season with several clubs interested in the services of the Nigerian striker.    Boniface joined Union SG from Bodø/Glimt in August 2022 for a fee of two million euros, ...
Gift Orban does it again: Phenomenal striker scores another hat-trick for KAA Gent 
Published: May 13, 2023
Gift Orban netted a hat-trick for KAA Gent in their 4-0 win over Cercle Brugge in a European Conference League playoff match at Jan Breydel Stadium. Gent's top scorer, Hugo Cuypers gave Gent the lead in the 42nd minute with a precise shot. Orban got his goal in the 52nd minute when he received a pass from...
Former Jupiler Pro League top scorer not surprised Boniface has taken Belgium by storm
Published: May 12, 2023
Former Jupiler Pro League top scorer Ole Martin Arst has revealed that he is not surprised with the performance of Victor Boniface for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise having shown his qualities when he arrived at the club. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise signed Boniface last summer from Bodo/Glimt and he has been except...
Best player of African descent in Belgium: Boniface, Gift Orban nominated for Ebony Shoe 
Published: May 09, 2023
The duo of Victor Boniface and Gift Orban have been nominated for the Ebony Shoe, an award given annually to the best African or African origin player in the Belgian Pro League.    Boniface has been outstanding for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise this season, scoring 8 goals and registering seven assists in the JP...
Boniface, Gift Orban goals help Belgian clubs record away wins
Published: May 07, 2023
Victor Boniface and Gift Orban have now scored sixteen goals each for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and KAA Gent respectively after they found the net in the Jupiler Pro League playoffs on Saturday.    The Buffalos took an important three points on their visit to Standard Liege with Orban opening the scoring i...
'He is a very good and correct guy' - Gent coach insists Gift Orban is not an enfant terrible
Published: May 06, 2023
KAA Gent coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck has leapt to the defence of Gift Orban after the striker came under criticism for his behaviour after the 3-1 win over KVC Westerlo in the Jupiler League playoff on April 28.   The 20-year-old was left on the bench for 76 minutes by Vanhaezebrouck with Moroccan forward Tari...
'A lot of players do that' - Union SG coach on Boniface's furious reaction to being substituted  
Published: May 04, 2023
Royale Union Saint Gilloise manager Karel Geraerts has played down Victor Boniface's furious reaction to being substituted during the Jupiler Pro League playoff tie with Royal Antwerp on Wednesday night.    Union SG missed a golden chance to close the gap on leaders Racing Genk after suffering a 2-0 defea...