The senior national team of Nigeria made a move to convince 22 year old Freiburg goalkeeper Noah Atubolu to switch his nationality from Germany and play for Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Atubolu has been in fine form this season with eight clean sheets in 20 games, which includes not conceding in the last four games totalling 400 minutes. He has also stopped four penalties this season.
His fine form made our editorial team to make a check with the NFF on approaching the shot stopper who has Nigerian descent to play for the Super Eagles, as he is still eligible despite representing Germany at various youth levels.
” Atubolu is a closed chapter for now. You can go and verify we made overtures to him for a year and even in December. However he seems to be very confident of making the grades with Germany. We have to respect his wishes”, a chieftain of the NFF told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
” The reason why we kept pushing for him is because he is young and could be the first choice for a very long time. He feels Nigerian and talks about loving the culture but it’s not in our hands for him to play for Super Eagles”.
Sami Abdullahi
