Injured during preparation for the CAN, Victor Boniface will have to undergo surgery and will miss several months of competition.
THE Bayer Leverkusen had a simply exceptional first part of the 2023-2024 season. After 25 matches in all competitions, Xabi Alonso’s men are undefeated (22 wins, 3 draws) and impress in particular with their risky and offensive style of play. An efficiency symbolized among other things by Victor Boniface (23 years old)author of 16 goals and 8 assists.
Long absence for Boniface
Gute Besserung, @boniface_jrn! 🙏
Victor Boniface reads the terms of the voice over #AFCON2023 und zog sich eine Muskel-Sehnenverletzung im rechten Adduktorenbereich zu.
The Nigerian National Games are in the hands of the Tagen Operators and Voters… pic.twitter.com/7apPHnh4sx— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04fussball) January 9, 2024
But when he was to fly to the CAN with Nigeria, the Bayer striker tore his adductors and had to withdraw from the competition, which would have been his first with his selection. But that’s not all. Because if he was originally only supposed to be out for a little over a month, an examination carried out this Tuesday revealed a more serious injury which required an operation. “Boniface suffered a musculotendinous injury to his right adductor at the Nigerian training camp in Dubai. This is what an MRI exam revealed this Tuesday morning in Cologne. Boniface will be operated on in the coming days. The 23-year-old striker should be able to return to the Bayer 04 team at the beginning of April », we can read in the press release published by the German club. Boniface should therefore miss around three months of competition, a hard blow while Leverkusen is still in contention on three tables in the second part of the season.
