Matthaus tips Boniface to battle Kane for Bundesliga top scorer award
Fifa World Cup legend Lothar Matthaus has predicted that Victor Boniface and Harry Kane will fight for the German Bundesliga top scorer award for the 2023-2024 season.
Both strikers are newcomers to the Bundesliga, with Boniface joining Bayer Leverkusen from Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in exchange for approximately 20 million euros while Tottenham Hotspur legend Kane departed the Premier League club for Bayern Munich for a fee of guaranteed fee of €100 million.
Boniface is not an unknown quantity on the European circuit having impressed in last season’s Europa League with six goals to finish as the competition’s joint-top scorer along with Manchester United star Marcus Rashford.
In 117 career appearances combined for Bodo/Glimt and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Boniface was involved in 60 goals (40 goals, 20 assists) – a testament to his goal scoring abilities.
The 22-year-old has struck three times in three all-competition appearances for Bayer Leverkusen, hitting a brace in a 3-0 rout of Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday.
Kane mustered 280 goals in 435 matches for Tottenham Hotspur, and shone on his Bundesliga debut with a goal and assist in Bayern’s 4-0 demolition of Werder Bremen.
Praising Boniface’s qualities, Lothar Matthaus said on Sky Deutschland: “You can see that he’s always looking for a goal, but also keeps seeing his team-mates and assisting them, like in the preparation for the first goal against Leipzig.
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“We will see a few more goals from him. I see him fighting for the top scorer gong with Harry Kane.”
Matthaus concluded by saying that Boniface would have been a good signing for Bayern Munich this summer but he was overlooked by the German record champions because he wasn’t yet a marquee player.