Taiwo Awoniyi: Super Eagles star bothered by Nottingham Forest’s PL position

Nigeria forward Taiwo Awoniyi has expressied his displeasure with Nottingham Forest’s position in the English Premier League standings.

Awoniyi joined the newly promoted team in the last summer transfer window as their then-record signing from the German team, Union Berlin.

Despite signing twenty-one players the team have only won three of the Premier League games, losing eight of the matches out of 15.

“For me, every day when you look at the table, it’s something that really bothers us, to be honest,” the Nigerian forward told Nottinghamshire Live.

“Looking at the players we brought in, looking at how you want to grow as an individual, how you want to develop, and finding yourself not getting to the target of what you wanted as a player or as a team is something that bothers you,” he added.

Awoniyi’s Nottingham is now in the Premier League’s danger zone and will need to fight a determined battle to avoid going back to relegation.

“But I believe, as time goes on, we will get out of it. We showed what we can do in the last few games. We just have to keep the momentum and keep going.

“At the beginning of the season, it was a bit difficult with the way we started. But in the last couple of games, we have improved. We are getting to where we want to be as a team.” Awoniyi said.

Before the World Cup the Forest defeated Tottenham in the EFL Cup and Crystal Palace in their EPL encounter, and have lost two club friendlies against Stoke City and Atromitos during this break.

However, Nottingham will be hoping to turn things around when they play Olympiacos on December 10, 2022 as they prepare for the league resumption.