The father of former Nigeria U20 goalkeeper invitee Owen Goodman has shut down reports of his son’s interest in playing for Nigeria after a visit to the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Ibrahim Musa Gusau.
Goodman who was invited by former Nigeria U20 coach Ladan Bosso but didn’t make it due to logistics reasons is out on loan to League One side AFC Wimbledon. He is eligible for Nigeria, England and Canada.
For now he has only been capped by England at U20 level , and his form at Wimbledon where he has 18 clean sheets in 37 games has opened another fresh round of talks about his international future with his father revealing his son’s preferred option.
“CANADA ALL DAY LONG… I THINK HE’S ALREADY MADE THE DECISION… HE TELLS ME HE FEELS MORE CANADIAN THAN NIGERIAN. HIS PREFERENCE IS CANADA, BUT THE ONLY WAY THAT CAN HAPPEN IS IF HE GETS HIS CITIZENSHIP. HE WANTS TO BECOME A CITIZEN ANYWAY AND IT GIVES HIM A BETTER CHANCE OF A CALL-UP’, Phil Goodman told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
It brings to an end any talks about the senior international career of the 21 year old who visited the NFF headquarters in June last year and gave the president Gusau his signed shirt. He was in the company of his mother.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
