Former Super Eagles first choice goalkeeper Dele Aiyenugba could be in line for a shock recall to the senior national team of Nigeria, owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.

Present first choice of the senior national team of Nigeria Carl Ikeme might be forced into a premature retirement as he has been diagnosed to be having acute Leukaemia, which has further deepens the goalkeeper crisis rocking the national team of Nigeria.

Coach Gernot Rohr used Daniel Akpeyi ‎in the absence of Ikeme, but the Chippa United man failed to impress in the Eagles last game against South Africa which ended 0-2 in favour of Bafana Bafana in Uyo in the AFCON 2019 Qualifiers.

Unsatisfied with Akpeyi’s display in the game, the coach is looking for experienced shot stopper ahead of Nigeria’s World Cup 2018 qualifiers back to back ‎game against Cameroon in August and September, as he believes Dele Alampasu isn’t ready yet for a game of that magnitude.


Although the coach is in regular contact with erstwhile goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, he won’t be pushing him for a return as he has long left the door open for Enyeama to communicate to him when he is ready to return to the team.

If Enyeama fails to contact Rohr, the coach will switch to Aiyenugba who kept 33 games last season for Hapoel Ashkelon in the Israeli top division, following his move from Bnei Yehuda where he has been since 2009.

33 year old Aiyenugba last kept goal for Nigeria in 2011 against Guinea, a game Nigeria drew 2-2 , hence missed out on the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.


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wishing Carl all the strength in the world

After beating Algeria, all hopes skyrocketed, many believing the Eagles of 1994 or 1996 were back for real. Fast forward to the last game against South Africa, Eagles refused to fly.

With the goal keeping crisis and the loss against South Africa, confidence level is low and I can't put my money on Eagles to beat Cameroom. As they say, football is like a biscuit, you never know where it'd crack. Fingers crossed sha!

To Carl Ikeme, wishing him speedy recovery.

Emitrix42:
wishing Carl all the strength in the world

yea wishing Carl all the best

....and the super eagles to forge on

nerodenero:
After beating Algeria, all hopes skyrocketed, many believing the Eagles of 1994 or 1996 were back for real. Fast forward to the last game against South Africa, Eagles refused to fly.

With the goal keeping crisis and the loss against South Africa, confidence level is low and I can't put my money on Eagles to beat Cameroom. As they say, football is like a biscuit, you never know where it'd crack. Fingers crossed sha!

To Carl Ikeme, wishing him speedy recovery.

no hope is lost

with a good stopper like dele we are good to go