Enyeama wants to ‘give back’ by grooming new generation of goalkeepers

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama says he wants to give back to the world of football by grooming a new generation of goalkeepers.

The shotstopper, who has not played a competitive game since leaving Lille in August 2018, is looking at raising what he called clean sheet machines.

In a chat with ESPN, Enyeama, 37, admitted he would love to return to the field, but says he would only take on projects that would align with the things he wants to do.

“I have plans with the governor of my state (Akwa Ibom) to raise an academy for the people. I have a few goalkeepers I am training already. I want to give back, to raise clean sheet machines,” he said

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The inspiration for the project, he said, comes from the progress he made in his career when he spent about three weeks training at Bolton Wanderers in the early 2000s.

“I was a very good goalkeeper before I went to train with Bolton, but the two or three weeks I spent at Bolton gave me a different style of goalkeeping and opened my eyes.

“The goalkeeper trainer then, Fred Barber, told me things I needed to change. When I started doing the things he told me, I unlocked different levels to my game.

“I started using those methods and my game really changed. It is those secrets that I want to impart to my students,” he added.

Enyeama made 101 appearances for the Super Eagles and was part of the squad that won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.

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