Emmanuel Egbo advises Jose Peseiro on Super Eagles goalkeeping crisis

FC Prishtina coach, Emmanuel Egbo has advised Jose Peseiro to adopt a new approach to tackling the Super Eagles’ goalkeeping problem.

Egbo is the first and only Nigerian coach to win a league title in Europe after he guided KF Tirana to win the Albanian championship in 2020. The 50-year-old former El-Masry and Julius Berger goalkeeper is currently managing Kosovo’s FC Prishtina after he was appointed on October 26th.

The national team boasts of three young goalkeepers, Cyprus-based Francis Uzoho, Israel-based Adebayo Adeleye, and Udinese star Maduka Okoye, but Nigerians still have doubts about who should be number one.

However, Egbo has called on Peseiro to back one of the shot-stoppers and stick with his choice through thick and thin.

“There are many good young goalkeepers, and that’s the difficulty facing coaches to pinpoint one goalkeeper or the other,” Egbo told Tribal Football.

“We have seen that in the past year or two, they have used in the national team 3-4 goalkeepers in different matches, and in my opinion, it’s not a good thing.

“For me, the goalkeeping department is not like the other departments where you can change players frequently. I think an opportunity should be given to one goalkeeper so he can gain experience playing for the national team.

“Because playing for the national team is different from playing for a club team. When you play for the national team, you have on your shoulders the eyes of the entire population.”

Okoye was the first choice at the last edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) but since taking over as the head coach, Peseiro has preferred Uzoho as his first choice.

Uzoho took charge of the three-time African champion goal mouth for the World Cup qualifiers but failed to prove his worth as number 1 when his error denied Nigeria a slot at the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.