Alonso Challenges Boniface After Losing Leverkusen Spot to Schick Ahead of Injury Return
- Victor Boniface has been sidelined due to a thigh injury since the November international break
- Czech forward Patrick Schick has played in his absence and may have booked the spot with his goals
- Head coach Xabi Alonso has issued a challenge to Boniface to fight and regain his position next year
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Victor Boniface will not have it easy to regain his starting spot at Bayer Leverkusen after Patrick Schick nailed it with his impressive performances for the German champions.
Boniface has been sidelined with a thigh injury sustained during Nigeria's 2-1 loss to Rwanda on the final match day of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
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Patrick Schick has stepped up in the Nigerian’s absence and put up impressive performances. As noted by Transfermarkt, he has eight goals in four games since Boniface’s injury, including four goals against Freiburg.
Alonso challenges Victor Boniface
Leverkusen head coach Xabi Alonso has shared his thoughts on the renewed competition for the number nine position between Schick and Boniface.
“I have difficulty in choosing players to use in all the positions, I like to have it. What we want is that everyone is fighting for a position to get better and help the team. We’ll have so many games, all the players will have their moments,” Alonso told Oma Akatugba.
“But the most important is that the same way that Patrik Schick is in good form, we want to have Boniface in good form as well. We want him fully fit so that he forgets his injuries, he is working hard, on the pitch, and scoring goals.”
He concluded that the Super Eagles attacker will play a big part as his performance will decide whether he plays or not.
The champions are second on the Bundesliga table going into the mid-season break, four points behind Bayern Munich, which they eliminated in the DFB Pokal.
Alonso slams Super Eagles
Legit.ng reported that Alonso slammed the Super Eagles coach for playing an injured player in a needless match after Boniface aggravated his thigh injury on international duty.
The former Liverpool midfielder described the decision by Augustine Eguavoen to play the striker in the 2-1 loss against Rwanda as a shameful act.
Boniface teases Osimhen for ‘buying’ airport
Legit.ng reported that Boniface congratulated Osimhen for buying an airport nearly a week after he joked that his senior colleague acquired a private jet.
The Galatasaray star responded by claiming that his international teammate likes to troll him, subtly hinting that he did not buy a jet or an airport.
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