As Nigeria continue the search for more options in goal following the decision of first choice goalkepper Maduka Okoye to take a break from the team, an option appears to be on the horizon.
Former Nigeria U17 goalkepper Daniel Jinadu is expected to sign for English League Two side Carlisle after a successful period on trial following his release by League one side Barnsley.
Jinadu was in goal for the Nigeria U17 team at the 2019 U17 world cup as a player of West Ham. He made the step up to the U23 and signed a professional deal with the club but two years later he was axed.
He spent last year at Barnsley but wasn’t handed an extension after the expiration of his one year deal. He is widely expected to sign for Carlisle as a senior player according to several reports in the English media.
If he ends up establishing himself as first choice of the senior team, he will no doubt be an option to the senior national team of Nigeria under Jose Peseiro and considering his age, he won’t do bad as an understudy to any of the goalkeppers ahead of him at the moment.
