Enyeama Completes Move To Tel Aviv

Nigeria international goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has
completed a season-long loan move to Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv from French
side Lille.

The deal had been delayed after Enyeama became the target of
a hate campaign by fans of Maccabi’s arch-rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv, the club he
left last summer.

Abuse directed at Enyeama and his family reached vitriolic
levels.

He  told Tidesports
source: “It has been very intense with the fans but I am looking positively
ahead now.”

He added: “I am extremely focused on playing football and
help the team achieve success. Whatever challenges out there I am grown enough
to fight on.

“There was a mix-up somewhere about what they thought I had
said back then but all that is cleared up now.

“I came back to Israel for regular football, which is hugely
important for my career.”

Hapoel fans had accused Enyeama of betraying their club,
with some reports even claiming he said he would never play for Maccabi, not
even for a million dollars.

But Enyeama was quick to deny granting any interview or
making such remarks.

“At the time I was leaving Hapoel, there were reports that I
was talking to Maccabi but I said there was nothing like that,” he said.

“I never said anything so insensitive at that time because I
was looking for a move abroad.

“Seriously, anyone who doubts my stance should produce a
tape of such an informed interview.”

Enyeama has been the Super Eagles’ first-choice goalkeeper
since 2002 and experienced six years in the Israeli league, where he first
tasted European club football.

He won the Israeli league with Hapoel in 2010 and also
enjoyed back-to-back Israeli cup success both in 2010 and 2011.