Tottenham Hotspur
Goalkeeper, Joshua Oluwayemi who has Nigerian parents and is highly-rated
commits his international future to Nigeria over his country of birth England
ahead of the 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup in Poland.
Joshua Oluwayemi comes from a family of goalkeepers as his
father, Abiodun Ogunyemi, was a goalkeeper for Ogun State University and
attended Federal Government College Odogbolu, while his sibling, Tobi is also a
goalkeeper at Tottenham Hotspur.
Oluwayemi has represented England at U15 and U16 levels and has
said that he will accept an invitation to play for the Nigeria teams if
approached by the Nigeria Football Federation.
According to him, he said: ”If Nigeria comes for me, then I’ll
go but at the moment I am focusing on England youth, and then Nigeria first”.
On playing the first game at the new Spurs Stadium, he further
said: ”It’s a very good experience, I am happy to see a lot of fans and the
crowd coming over to support us, It was a good result.”
Joshua Olwayemi is learning to be a top goalkeeper under the
tutelage of Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal legend Pat Jennings
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