He saved 4 penalties, still to admit in four consecutive games: the 22 -year -old goalkeeper Shuns Super Eagles Chance

Nigeria’s national team made a movement to convince the 22 -year -old Friburg goalkeeper, Noah Atubolu, to change his nationality from Germany and play for Nigeria, reports Owngoalnigeria.com.

Atubolu has been in good shape this season with eight clean leaves in 20 games, which includes not granting in the last four games for a total of 400 minutes. He has also stopped four penalties this season.

His good shape made our editorial team to make a check with the NFF about approaching the shooting cap that has Nigerian descent to play for the Super Eagles, since it is still eligible despite representing Germany at several youth levels.

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Atubolu is a closed chapter for now. You can go and verify that we did oberturas for a year and even in December. However, it seems very sure of obtaining grades with Germany. We have to respect his wishes, ”said a NFF boss to Owngoalnigeria.com.

“The reason we continue to press it is because he is young and could be the first option for a long time. He feels Nigerian and talks about loving culture, but is not in our hands for him to play for Super Eagles.”

Sami Abdullahi