EPL: EX NOTTINGHAM FOREST LEGEND TIPS AWONIYI FOR EPL GLORY

Former Nottingham Forest ace Stan Collymore has mentioned that club-record signing Taiwo Awoniyi stays an ideal discount for Steve Cooper-tutored aspect.

He additionally tipped the Tremendous Eagles to make his mark within the Premier League.

The Reds shelled out £17.5m to safe the companies of the 24-year-old from Union Berlin and he turned their first arrival of the summer season as he put pen to paper on a five-year deal on the weekend.

It marked a return to English soccer for Awoniyi, who started his skilled profession with Liverpool.

Collymore backed the previous Golden Eaglets star to impress within the Garibaldi.

“I’m not a betting man – playing’s one of many few vices I’ve by no means had, fortunately – however I do like Nottingham Forest’s punt on Union Berlin’s Taiwo Awoniyi,” Collymore famous in his column for the Sunday Folks. “The Nigeria star has already had a style of English soccer after signing for Liverpool in 2015, however was farmed out on mortgage to Germany and Belgium earlier than discovering a house in Berlin.

“At 24, after scoring 15 objectives in 30 video games final season, the time is now proper for him to discover a membership at which he can shine and I can’t consider a greater place to be the highest man than at Forest. Together with his ability, tempo, and confidence, he may show to be a snip, even at £17.5million,” he added.

Awoniyi loved a advantageous 2021/22 marketing campaign in Germany, attracting loads of curiosity as he netted 20 objectives in 43 appearances in all competitions.

The Nigeria worldwide had mortgage spells at FSV Frankfurt, NEC, Royal Excel Mouscron, Gent, Mainz 05, and Union Berlin throughout his time at Anfield, becoming a member of the latter completely final July