Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye has praised Stanley Nwabali as an outstanding goalkeeper in the ongoing competition for the Super Eagles’ top goalkeeper spot.
Okoye spoke ahead of Nigeria’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifiers against Republic of Benin and Rwanda on Saturday and Tuesday.
Nwabali is currently Nigeria’s first-choice goalkeeper due to his form at the 2023 AFCON.
Speaking to Victor Modo, Okoye expressed readiness to compete with the Chippa United gloveman for the starting berth.
“Like you said, we have top goalkeepers. Stanley proved it in the AFCON and for me, it is also great to share the pitch with them you know and train together with them and the very good goalkeeping coach and yeah it is always good,” Okoye said.
