I thought my Super Eagles call was a joke, says Ikeme

Wolves’ goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme, thought someone was “winding me up” when he was told of his international call-up for Nigeria.

The 29-year-old was named in manager Sunday Oliseh’s squad for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tanzania on September 5.

But he thought it was all a joke.

“When the message and the phone call came I thought someone was winding me up to start with,” he said.

“I spoke to the coach and it started to make more sense and I realised it was none of my cousins winding me up or anything like that.”

Ikeme declared his allegiance to Nigeria some years ago and will now challenge captain Vincent Enyeama for a place in the Super Eagles.