{"id":614190,"date":"2022-06-25T04:25:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T08:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=614190"},"modified":"2022-06-25T04:25:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T08:25:26","slug":"taiwo-awoniyi-nottingham-forest-club-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/25\/taiwo-awoniyi-nottingham-forest-club-record\/","title":{"rendered":"2021\/22 Sixth-Highest Bundesliga Goalscorer Joins Nottingham Forest for Club-Record Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/07\/nottingham-forest-brice-sambra-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> have made their first permanent summer signing after activating a \u00a317 million release clause for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/28\/union-berlin-season-review-europa-league\/\" target=\"_self\">Union Berlin<\/a> striker, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/24\/nottingham-forest-close-in-taiwo-awoniyi\/\" target=\"_self\">Taiwo Awoniyi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/20\/liverpool-sadio-mane-bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool<\/a> will receive \u00a31.7 million of the transfer after installing a ten per cent sell-on clause in the Nigeria international&#8217;s contract when he signed for Union last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old has penned a five-year deal with Steve Cooper&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to Nottingham Forest, Taiwo Awoniyi. \u270d\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf33\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NFFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#PL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFFC\/status\/1540605942043131904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Nottingham Forest Sign Union Berlin Striker Taiwo Awoniyi<\/h2>\n<h3>Promising Time in Berlin<\/h3>\n<p>Bundesliga outfit Union Berlin only signed Awoniyi from Liverpool last summer in a deal reportedly worth around \u00a36.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>The move followed a successful loan spell in the capital in which the Nigeria international netted five goals in 21 Bundesliga matches.<\/p>\n<p>But the 24-year-old recorded his most lethal season in front of goal after penning a permanent deal, scoring 15 times from just 31 league outings (and 20 from 43 in all competitions) as Union secured Europa League football for next season.<\/p>\n<p>During his time with Union, Awoniyi received his first call up to the Nigeria senior side, where he has since scored once from four appearances.<\/p>\n<h3>Journeyman Striker to Return to England<\/h3>\n<p>Despite spending six years at Liverpool, Awoniyi failed to make a single appearance for Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s side as a result of several work permit issues.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the striker would spend time away from Anfield with seven different loan spells in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>But now, the return to England becomes for Awoniyi has resulted in a record-breaking signing for Forest as they look to splash the cash ahead of their return to the top flight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghamforest.co.uk\/news\/2022\/june\/25\/reds-complete-club-record-awoniyi-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speaking to the club&#8217;s official website<\/a>, Awoniyi said: \u201cI\u2019m very excited to be here at Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always been my dream to play in the Premier League and having spoken to Steve Cooper about our ambitions and looking at Forest, with its great history, it\u2019s a club that I want to be part of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/24\/dean-henderson-transfer-manchester-united-nottingham-forest\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Goalkeeper Completes Loan Move to Premier League Rivals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Awoniyi will be a welcome addition to Steve Cooper&#8217;s side. The Welshman only has 34-year-old veteran Lewis Grabban and Sam Surridge as regular strikers after Keinan Davis returned to Aston Villa following his loan spell at the City Ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham Forest have made their first permanent summer signing after activating a \u00a317 million release clause for Union Berlin striker, Taiwo Awoniyi. As a result, Liverpool will receive \u00a31.7 million of the transfer after installing a ten per cent sell-on clause in the Nigeria international&#8217;s contract when he signed for Union last summer. 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