Nigeria Set To Beat England In Race For Charlton Athletic Starlet, GK Starts Training With Golden Eaglets

<b>Allnigeriasoccer.com</b> understands that the Nigeria Football Federation has leapfrogged England in the race to secure the international future of highly-rated Charlton Athletic glovesman Edward Ogbebor-Onaiwu.<br /><br />Having trained with <span class="st">one of the England youth teams at </span><span class="st">DE13 9PD in April 2015, there was a cloud surrounding the international future of the goalkeeper, and the player</span>&rsquo;s camp had wanted him to represent the Three Lions initially.<br /><br />But Ogbebor-Onaiwu ended those speculations when he jetted into Abuja from the United Kingdom on Sunday.<br /><br />As from Monday, July 18, Nigeria U17s coach Manu Garba and his assistants will start running the rule over the 15-year-old goalkeeper. <br /><br />The former Crystal Palace youth-teamer has been linked with Leicester City, Nottingham Forest and Bury in the summer transfer window. <br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br /><br /><br />
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