Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen may seek a replacement for their injured forward Victor Boniface during the current transfer window, coach Xabi Alonso said on Friday. Boniface is out until April with a groin injury that required surgery, missing the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria, and a number of Leverkusen games in all competitions. "We are not under pressure to get a new player but we are always ready. If there is an option we will look at it. It has to make sense," Alonso sai
Bayer Leverkusen forward Victor Boniface has undergone successful surgery on a groin injury, the Bundesliga leaders said on Wednesday. Leverkusen said that the Nigeria player went under the knife in Berlin and would return to the club later in the week for rehabilitation. The club said on Tuesday he will "probably be able to return to the Bayer 04 squad at the beginning of April" from the injury he suffered during national team training in Dubai for the Africa Cup of Nations in Qatar. Boniface m