Nigeria Players Abroad
Rumour Mill: Barcelona considering Nigerian duo as replacement for Lewandowski
By Wale Mustapha
Nigerian duo, Victor Osimhen or Victor Boniface could become a Barcelona player in no distance time, Nigeriafootball.ng understands.
The Catalan club are beginning to consider a new, young striker to replace the Polish striker, Robert Lewandowski who has being a shadow of himself in the current campaign.
The 35 year old Lewandowski joined Barcelona last season from Bayern Munich in a deal worth over 30m Euros and hit the ground running.
He was instrumental to the Blaugrana’s LaLiga title scoring 23 goals in the process.
The former Dortmund forward has not been the usual goal poacher with his deadly runs in the current campaign despite scoring six goals in 11 games.
The club is already looking for a marquee signing to replace Lewandowski whose time at Camp Nou seems to be heading to and end and with Ferran Torres who has not shown signs to be a reliable striker.
According to Barca Insider, Osimhen and Boniface are the two options that the Blaugrana are looking at.
Osimhen has been superb at Napoli in the last two years, scoring over 30 goals in the process as well as helping the Partenopei side winning their first Scudetto in 33 years.
Boniface also has being the poster boy for Bayer Leverkusen since he joined the club during the summer transfer window from Royal Union Saint Gilloise.
Osimhen would be the more expensive option as Napoli value him at over €120million while Boniface could go for way less as Bayer Leverkusen paid €20.5million for his services just three months ago.
