Ex-Super Eagles star identifies where to find the next Shorunmu, Enyeama

Former Tremendous Eagles first alternative goalkeeper Ike Shorunmu has sensationally recognized the Nigeria Skilled Soccer League (NPFL) as the right league to uncover excellent goalkeepers that may replicate the shape former keepers like himself and Vincent Enyeama have been recognized for.

The present crop of Tremendous Eagles goalkeepers, Francis Uzoho and Maduka Okoye haven’t impressed confidence among the many fanbase resulting in some sections of Nigerian followers questioning if Enyeama didn’t retire from worldwide soccer fairly early when he did in 2015.

Shorunmu spoke on Brila FM, Lagos with reference to the Eagles discovering seasoned keepers because the nation had within the 80s by mid 2000s.

“We’ll begin the seek for the subsequent prime goalkeeper from the Nigeria Skilled Soccer League. We’ve got good gamers within the league,” Shorunmu famous.

“The very best goalkeepers Nigeria have had began from the house entrance and I can inform you that there have been high quality goalkeepers coming by. They only want that confidence.

“This isn’t to say that the keepers now we have from the overseas leagues aren’t ok however we all know that Nigeria have produced nice goalkeepers up to now and proper now there are high quality ones within the league.

“One other good factor is that now we have some former keepers who’re returning residence from their stints in European leagues and are serving to in nurturing the brand new era of keepers,” the onetime Stationery Shops hold who was Nigeria’s first alternative goalie on the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan confused.

The duo of Okoye and Uzoho have been below intense criticisms from the followers over their gaffes on the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon and the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs in opposition to Ghana respectively.