Not many may know the father of the new goalkeeper of Super Eagles, Carl Ikeme, but the Wolverhampton footballer has now revealed his identity.
Carl has kept the goal for Nigeria even before the Vincent Enyeama called it quit with the Eagles few months ago.
The Nigerian international is presently in the Eagles camp in Port Harcourt, Rivers State with his colleagues ahead of an all-important match against Swaziland on Tuesday for the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
His father was around to show support for his son, who is doing his fatherland proud and they posed for photographs.
In a recent interview with FIFA.com, the goalkeeper disclosed that he has “always felt Nigerian. If anybody asked me, I’d tell them my parents are from Nigeria, but I suppose being part of the squad and going to Nigeria hopefully more in the future will give me more sense of the culture.
“It’s difficult to be involved deep in the culture when you’re brought up in England, but going back to Nigeria a lot more will bring me a lot closer to that, and I’m looking forward to spending more time in Nigeria. I actually prefer to play international games in Nigeria than in Europe.”
