Super Eagles No 1 goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali has insisted he does not have a new club yet after he mutually terminated his contract with South African club Chippa United.
“To be honest with you, I don’t have a club or a contract in front,” he told SABC Metrofm
“It’s an agreement that both parties will feel like [at peace], we wish each other well and I can look forward in my career.
“I’ve been at this club for four years, it’s really nice working here, but we all really need to move forward as a player or as a manager.
“Football deals with happiness, my happiness comes first.”
Nwabali has lost his place as Chippa United No 1 goalkeeper to Dumisani Msibi on return from the 2025 AFCON.
Msibi has posted four clean sheets in as many league matches.
However, the Super Eagles shot stopper said that is not what forced him out of the club with six months left on his contract.
“No, it’s not like that. Before I went for AFCON, I was injured, let me say, from [Orlando] Pirates game and I was trying to fix myself for coming back strong for the team and also go to AFCON,” he explained.
“So coming back from AFCON, it’s an understanding between me and the chairman [Siviwe Mpengesi] – you’re coming back from a bigger tournament and have been playing for one month, ok, you really meed to rest for like one or two games.
“That was before the decision was made, and ever since I arrived at this club, we had been talking like father and son, understanding literally everyday.
“So, like I said, when I talked to him, yes, it was difficult to take that kind of decision, but he feels like it’s probably going to be best for me, which, like I said, I made this decision by myself.”
