The Super Eagles Goalkeeper, Vincent
Enyeama, has said he would retire from super eagles after AFCON 2017. According
to the goalkeeper, he had wanted to retire after the team failed to qualify for
2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), but the then Governor of Akwa Ibom,
Godswill Akpabio, his wife and Pastor all discouraged him from retiring. Below
is what Enyema said about his planned 2017 retirement. Continue…
“I actually wanted to stop, it wasn’t a
rumour. Nigeria is blessed with great goalkeepers, just that we need to give
them confidence.
“Nobody gave me a chance when I
started, I was a rookie also; I belt it up, I worked hard for it and became the
big person that nobody wants to lose.
“What changed my mind was the
passion of Nigerians; I had a lot of calls, my governor, Akpabio.
“A lot of people talked with me.
These things, you don’t just ignore and my wife also talked with me.
“My wife didn’t want me to leave
yet. I talked to my pastor and he said if everybody said stay, why not; so I
decided to continue, but then, there is going to be a time to call it quit.”
“I can’t keep doing the same thing
forever; there is going to be a time I have to stop and give it up to some
other person.
“I am the only face here since 2002, but 2017 Nations Cup finals will be my last game; I just said my target, anything can happen after.”
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