Following the ugly news of the Super Eagles first choice goal keeper Carl Ikeme been diagnosed of acute leukemia and an urgent need for a replacement, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF have resolved to hire a foreign hand in the training of goalkeepers ahead of the matches.
With the performance of Daniel Akpeyi against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in the Nations Cup qualifier, the NFF has taken a swift step by the hiring of a goalkeeper’s trainer in order to save the national team from repeating the same experiencing against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa.
According to source close to NFF the football-controlling body in Nigeria will not take any chance with the qualification of the national team for the Africa Cup of Nations and the World Cup in Russia.
The source the foreign trainer’s job in the team is just interim as he will work with the current trainer Alloy Agu and the goal keepers for the only three months