Struggling French Ligue 1 outfit Angers
Sporting Club de l’Ouest have reportedly set their sights on securing
the the services of former Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent
Enyeama.
The 35-year-old Lille keeper, who
sustained a knee injury earlier in the year, returned to the field
with Les Dogues’ U18s this month after seven months out of action.
According to reports in the French
media on Wednesday, Angers manager Stéphane Moulin wants Enyeama to
replace Les Scoïstes’ second goalkeeper Mathieu Michel, who is set
to join Nimes Olympique.
L’Equipe claimed Lille had
told Angers, who occupy the 19th position in the 20-team elite French
league, they must pay €500,000 to €1m to take their Nigerian import
to Stade Raymond Kopa during the January transfer window.
Enyeama, who represented Nigeria at the 2002, 2010 and 2014 World Cups, has 18 months left on his contract with Lille.
Lille will not sign any players during
next month’s transfer window following their ban by the French
football financial regulatory body.
Meanwhile, Henry Onyekuru is in danger
of missing out on next year’s World Cup after being ruled out for the
rest of the season with a serious knee injury, according to BBC Sport.
The Nigeria striker, who is on loan at
Belgian side Anderlecht from English club Everton, suffered the injury
against former club Eupen on December 22.
Recent scans showed the injury to be more serious than initially suspected.
“He could be out for as long as six months,” Anderlecht coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck told reporters.
It is a cruel blow for the 20-year-old,
who had played in 19 league games and appeared in four Champions League
matches for the Brussels outfit.
He was given a run out in Nigeria’s last
World Cup qualifier in Algeria in November when he came on in the
second half of the 1-1 draw and was hoping to make Gernot Rohr’s final
23-man squad for Russia in June.
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