The future of the former first choice goalkeeper of the senior national team of Nigeria Maduka Okoye at English Championship side Watford has been thrown into further doubt, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Okoye was signed for a fee in the region of €5m from Dutch side Sparta Rotterdam and after a season on loan, he joined the team last summer but failed to displace first choice goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann.
At some point last season he lost the role of second choice to Ben Hamer with his only appearance coming in the cup games last season. In both games he failed to make his mark before his season was brought to an end by a shoulder injury.
Yesterday, the club made public the squad numbers for the season with three Nigerians in Samuel Kalu, Tom Dele-Bashiru and Tobi Adeyemo getting shirt number 28, 24 and 54 respectively.
However Okoye who wore shirt number 35 wasn’t listed on the official list on their site, effectively meaning that he isn’t registered for the season which begins tomorrow. The 23 year old is in talks over an exit.
A move to Italian Serie A side Udinese appears to have suffered a setback and not much progress has been made about a potential loan move to an unnamed Turkish side.
Damian Waziri
