Three-way battle erupts for Super Eagles’ No 1 as Stanley Nwabali goes clubless

The contention to go Nigeria’s first-choice goalkeeper has intensified into a three-way conflict pursuing uncertainty surrounding Stanley Nwabali’s nine future.

With Nwabali presently clubless, 3 different contenders person emerged, forcing Super Eagles caput coach, Eric Chelle to reconsider his goalkeeping hierarchy up of Nigeria’s planetary friendlies against Iran and Jordan.

DAILY POST reports that Chelle precocious named his squad to look Iran and Jordan connected Friday, March 27 and connected Tuesday, March 31, 2026, successful Turkey.

The Malian included goalkeepers, Francis Uzoho of Omonia FC, Udinese’s Maduka Okoye, and Adebayo Adeleye of Volos FC successful the squad, arsenic Nwabali’s sanction was missing.

DAILY POST reports that Nwabali had established himself arsenic the Super Eagles’ No. 1 pursuing an awesome tally astatine some the 2023 and 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournaments, wherever his commanding beingness and penalty-saving heroics made him a instrumentality favourite.

But his existent concern arsenic a escaped cause aft terminating his declaration with South African club, Chippa United astatine the opening of February has taken an uncertain crook successful his career.

Nwabali, who is presently successful hunt of ...