Super Eagles goalkeeper trainer, Alloy Agu, has expressed delight over the return of the national team’s first choice goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme, who has resumed training after a long lay-off.
Ikeme who has been injured while playing for his club, Wolverhampton missed out of the Super Eagles Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa, with the team losing 2-0 at home.
Speaking with New Telegraph, the former Super Eagles goalkeeper said the return of Ikeme was a big boost to the team.
“It is big boost news for us as a country,” he said. “We have been in touch with him and he is recuperating.
“Having recovered he is going through the normal therapy as he ease himself gradually back into match fitness.
“With training he will soon be fit to return to the team which will help our ambition as a team especially with the World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon coming up soon.”
When asked if the team missed the services of the shot stopper in the 2-0 loss to South Africa, he said not only Ikeme was missed, but also the captain of the team, Mikel Obi.
He added: “Every good player will be missed, we miss Mikel, we miss Moses (Victor) and a whole lot of all those that missed the game.
“They are all good players who have been contributing to the success of the team, but this is football and we have to make do with what was available.”
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