Ikeme’s injury, visa issues may hand Eagles debut to Tope Okeowo
Relatively known goalkeeper, Tope Okeowo, could make his Super Eagles debut today, owing to the injury of Carl Ikeme and visa issues of two second-choice goalkeepers.
Ikeme’s injury comes hours to the international friendly game between Nigeria and Senegal in London, forcing Gernot Rohr, the team’s technical adviser, to replace him with Okeowo.
The first choice goalkeeper is most likely out of Thursday night’s game.
Camp sources in London told TheCable that the Wolverhampton Wanderers goalie was missing as the Eagles concluded training on Wednesday night.
His replacement, Okeowo, plies his trade at Peckam All Stars in London.
The second-choice goalkeepers Daniel Akpeyi and Ikechukwu Ezenwa are yet to arrive camp as at the time of this report.
Okeowo is a former Golden Eaglets goalkeeper and the first choice of his club.
He was instrumental in his side’s promotion from the English League division two to division one.
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