Ikeme, who plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Championship, was diagnosed of acute Leukaemia during pre-season testing.
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The former Norwich City goalie signed a two-year contract with the Championship side just days after Ikeme was diagnosed with acute leukaemia.
Ikeme, who was diagonised with acute leukemia last week, stated this via his twitter handle: @Carl_Ikeme, on Sunday.
On Thursday, Wolves announced that Carl Ikeme had been diagnosed with acute leukaemia, news which has resulted in an outpouring of support for the 31-year-old
Ikeme came through the youth academy at Wolves, and made the step up to the senior side way back in 2003
Reacting to the development, Pinnick said: “To fellow Nigerians, we call on the entire football fraternity to join us in praying for Carl, and wishing him the very best as he faces an arduous but not impossible journey to full recovery.
Ikeme’s condition was spotted when he returned “abnormal blood tests” during Wanderers’ pre-season testing earlier this week, which further medical tests discovered was due to the Nigeria international suffering from leukaemia.
According to him: “Hopefully, I should be back to full fitness because I have not been able to do too much but I’ve been strong.
The news comes as a major blow to Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, who has reportedly made move to reunite the Eagles legend with his former teammates in the national team set-up following Carl Ikeme’s absence due to injury
Ikeme has sat out the last three games with a hamstring injury he picked up while on international duty with Nigeria
Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, and his assistants had been in a state of worry, understandably so, following an apparent goalkeeping crisis, as first choice Carl Ikeme arrived at the Crowne Plaza London Ealing hotel with injury
Camp sources revealed that the Wolvehampton Wanderers of England goalie was missing in the team’s final training session due to a knock
The Super Eagles will be up against Senegal’s Teranga Lions on March 23 before taking on the Etalons of Burkina Faso four days later
The 30-year-old received his marching orders in the 72nd minute of the encounter for his reaction to a penalty being awarded to Wes Hoolahan, with the tie finely balanced at 1-1
Rohr disclosed in Lagos that the former Super Eagles captain seemed to have his mind made up to stick to his retirement from national team duties
It was Nigeria’s first-ever win in Zambia and the Chipolopolo’s first loss at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola
Ikeme made the promise in a brief chat with The Eagle Online before the team’s departure for Ndola, Zambia, venue of the match, on Saturday morning
The immediate past goalkeeper trainer of the Super Eagles during Stephen Keshi’s tenure as Chief Coach, said it was not an easy task finding a capable replacement for Vincent Enyeama
Team doctor Ibrahim Gyaran said Ikeme cannot be risked after he missed the team’s last two trainings as a result of the stomach upset
But according to the Yorkshire Post, they were knocked back despite Ikeme not being a starter for Wolves at the time