Victor Boniface has had a formidable begin to his profession for Bayer Leverkusen, registering 8 objectives and 3 assists in 7 appearances
Ex-Germany and Bayern Munich midfielder Lothar Matthaus has revealed that if he had the prospect he would have signed newly capped Tremendous Eagles striker Victor Boniface for his former membership, Soccernet.ng stories.
Boniface has been a revelation for Bayer Leverkusen since finishing a summer season transfer to the membership from Belgian facet Royale Saint-Gilliose, making 11 objectives contributions in his first 7 appearances in all competitions.
In 5 Bundesliga video games, Boniface has registered 6 objectives and a pair of assists to assist Leverkusen sit joint prime with champions Bayern Munich on the prime of the desk.
He additionally contributed a objective to the Die Werkself 8-0 demolition of Teutonia Ottensen within the German Cup, offering a objective and an help of their 4-0 rout of Swedish facet BK Hacken of their Europa League opener final Thursday.
As a reward for his spectacular begin to his profession in Germany, Boniface was awarded each the Bundesliga Participant and Rookie of the Month for August.
Following his good begin for Leverkusen, former Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Cup winner, Lothar Matthaus, has revealed that he wasn’t shocked by the Nigerian ahead sensible early-season kind and that it was unbelievable to him that he took some time earlier than Boniface caught the eye of a German membership.
It was solely by the video games between Union Berlin and Leverkusen within the Europa League in opposition to Royale Union Saint-Gilliose that the identify Boniface gained consideration in Germany.
Matthaus congratulated Leverkusen’s scouting division for a very good job achieved with the signing of the Nigerian ahead for an honest payment of £20 million and in addition revealed that he would have signed the participant for his former membership if he had the prospect.
He mentioned: Congratulations to Leverkusen – for the opposite scouting departments within the Bundesliga I say: 17 instances the grade 5 that they didn’t carry this participant from Belgium for this quantity, Matthaus wrote in his Sky column as quoted as saying by Spox
Maybe some golf equipment had considerations as a result of he had already torn his cruciate ligament twice, mentioned the report Worldwide participant
However after I noticed him two or thrice, I believed: I’ll stroll from Munich to Belgium for this participant.
Boniface will goal to proceed his spectacular goalscoring kind when Xabi Alonso and his troops journey to Mainz 05 for his or her subsequent league project on Saturday.