The Nigeria Football Federation has given retired goalkeeper Carl Ikeme the go-ahead to shop for keepers for the national team who are on the verge of sealing qualification for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
This was disclosed to Sportinglife.ng by head coach Gernot Rohr.
“The NFF has also graciously accepted my proposal to give opportunity to Carl (Ikeme) to help us find other good goalkeepers of Nigerian descent. So we are still searching for good players in all positions in the team”, Rohr took time to explain to SportingLife.ng in Abuja.
On the other hand Rohr has asked former Eagles legend Peter Rufai to suggest or recommend good goalkeepers to him instead of criticizing the choice of Francis Uzoho.
“Right now we have three quality goalkeepers namely Uzoho, Akpeyi and Ezenwa that we are working with. Yes Francis (Uzoho) made some mistakes in the Libya match but he also made some good saves in the said matches.
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“Yes some former players who have shone with the national team before has freedom and liberty to help the team if there are problems. Peter (Rufai) can call me at any time to give me useful advice because I know him very well and he knows me too. We can speak about it if he has a better candidate (goalkeeper)”, Rohr disclosed to SportingLife.ng.