PINNICK REJECTS CALLS FOR ENYEAMA’S RETURN FOR THE WORLD CUP

May 7, 2018

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Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick has rejected calls
for Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr to include veteran goalkeeper Vincent
Enyeama in his plans for the Russia 2018 World Cup.
The Super Eagles will make their sixth appearance in the football
showpiece in the June 14-July 15 tournament, and the three-time
African champions have been facing goalkeeping crisis after their
choice keeper Carl Ikeme was diagnosed with acute leukaemia last year.
The development sparked calls for out-of-favour Lille shot-stopper
Enyeama to come out of international retirement to help Nigeria at the
World Cup.
Manager Rohr has kept faith with Deportivo La Coruna keeper Francis
Uzoho, Enyimba star Ikechukwu Ezenwa and Chippa United’s Daniel
Akpeyi, inviting the trio for the country’s pre-World Cup fixtures
against Poland on March 23 in Wroclaw and Serbia in London four days
later.
“All the other goalkeepers deserve to be in posts (for the World Cup),
(Francis) Uzoho, for one, is doing well,” SCORENigeria quoted the NFF
boss as saying in a television interview on Thursday.
“This could well be the big break for one of the other goalkeepers.
“But in the end it’s Rohr’s call to invite Enyeama, it’s his own
responsibility.” Pinnick concluded