{"id":3606,"date":"2023-09-27T13:34:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T12:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/09\/27\/read_news-phpnid48955\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T13:34:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T12:34:47","slug":"read_news-phpnid48955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/09\/27\/read_news-phpnid48955\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;ll walk from Munich to Belgium for this player&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0Lothar Matthaus\u00a0on Bayer Leverkusen new darling Boniface\u00a0:: All Nigeria Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsbody\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/..\/football_pics\/78969VB1.png\" height=\"236\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"'I'll walk from Munich to Belgium for this player' -\u00a0Lothar Matthaus\u00a0on Bayer Leverkusen new darling Boniface\u00a0\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Football pundit and Bayern Munich legend Lothar Matth\u00e4us has said that he would have signed red-hot Nigerian striker Victor Boniface for the Bavarians.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Boniface has been in sensational form for Bayer Leverkusen since the start of the current Bundesliga campaign, averaging at least 1 goal per game.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Across 7 games across all competitions for Xabi Alonso&#8217;s side, the Super Eagles forward has only failed to score on two occasions which indicates his consistency in front of goal since the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe 22-year-old bagged the Bundesliga Player and Rookie of the Month respectively for August which is a testament to his brilliant start to life in the German top-flight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Boniface ended his association with\u00a0Royale Union Saint-Gilloise\u00a0in the summer for a fee of 20 million euros.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0Matth\u00e4us has congratulated Bayer for signing the Nigeria international and disclosed that he would have signed him for Bayern Munich<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Congratulations to Leverkusen &#8211; for the other scouting departments in the Bundesliga I say: 17 times the grade 5 that they didn&#8217;t bring this player from Belgium for this amount,&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0Matth\u00e4us\u00a0wrote in his column <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spox.com\/de\/sport\/fussball\/bundesliga\/2309\/Artikel\/wegen-victor-boniface-lothar-matthaeus-kritisiert-scouting.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky Germany via Spox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Perhaps some clubs had concerns because he had already torn his cruciate ligaments twice,&#8221;But after I saw him two or three times, I thought: &#8216;I&#8217;ll walk from Munich to Belgium for this player.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBoniface has featured in all games involving the Black and Reds so far and has mustered 11 goal contributions.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHe will have the chance to continue his impressive form when Bayern Leverkusen face Mainz O5 on matchday 6 of the Bundesliga\u00a0on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAbdulkareem Abdulhamid<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAll rights reserved. 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