The Goalkeeper of the Super Eagles, Stanley Nwabali, said he would be returning to his South African club side, Chippa United, because he had no reason to fear going back.
Nwabali spoke with State House Correspondents after President Bola Tinubu hosted the Super Eagles in recognotion of their great performance in the CAF’s African Cup of Nations (AfCON).
The tournament ended in Abdijan, Cote d’Ivoire, last Sunday.
Nwabali was allegedly threatened on social media by some ardent Bafana Bafana supporters for his role in their team’s elimination at the semi-finals stage.
He stopped two penalty kicks by Bafana Bafana players in the decider penalty stage, during the Nigerian – South African semi-finals match at the Stade de la Paix, in Bouake.
Asked if he would be returning to Chippa United despite the threat, Nwabali said “Definitely, I must go back to my club, but talking about the threat, this is football, you can’t threaten someone because they also won some other teams too. How about if those they beat decide to keep threatening your players? It doesn’t make sense. It’s football, I don’t think there’s anything attached to it. Maybe it was just someone writing on social media.
“But it’s cool to me because I spoke to my chairman like three days ago, but he didn’t say anything like all those stuff. So he felt like ‘no, it’s cool, you can come back. Definitely I must go back to my club because they owe me,” he said.
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