“The Nigerian Harry Kane”, “class signing” – Super Eagles star receives warm welcome from delighted Forest fans

The newly-promoted Premier League membership accomplished the signing of the Nigeria worldwide within the early hours of Saturday

Nottingham Forest followers have warmed as much as Tremendous Eagles ahead Taiwo Awoniyi after the membership introduced the signing of the 24-year-old on Saturday, June 25.

Awoniyi accomplished a club-record €20.5 million swap from German Bundesliga facet Union Berlin to attract out enthusiastic responses from a piece of the Nottingham Forest supporter base.

Having gained promotion from the Championship final time period, the Reds’ major purpose might be to retain their Premier League standing on the finish of subsequent season.

Plenty of that survival hopes might be positioned on the goalscoring boots of Awoniyi, who has proven he’s not shy of shouldering such monumental accountability.

The previous Liverpool signing was the principle man for Union Berlin final marketing campaign and might be filled with confidence as he makes his Premier League bow.

Giving a touch of what to anticipate of Awoniyi, Nottingham Forest introduced his arrival on the membership with a video clip on their Twitter web page displaying a few of Awoniyi’s objectives for the Iron Ones.

And the followers adored the Nigerian ahead, with one tagging him a ‘class signing, and one other calling him the Nigerian Harry Kane in reference to Tottenham’s prolific English striker.

Listed below are a few of their tweets welcoming Awoniyi to the membership.

The Nigerian Harry Kane. Welcome to Nottingham. ??

— Stuart Hackett (@Stueyh111) June 25, 2022

He is a category signing mate……

— Nottingham Forest (P) (@TrojanFan1969) June 25, 2022

Welcome to the WFCG @taiwoawoniyi18… delighted past phrases to have you ever onboard… youuuu reds! ❤️???

— Claire?? (@Claire_nffc_x) June 25, 2022

Taiwo the Tank pic.twitter.com/sri5g1Mwvt

— Alex Chapman (@itsalexchapman) June 25, 2022

Taiwo is value greater than the entire of derby ?

— Sir-Cums-A-lot-779 (@MCBigGuy88) June 25, 2022

If I caught him in mattress with my mrs, I’d tuck him in and make him a cuppa

— Brummie Difficult ? (@BrummieTricky) June 25, 2022

Everybody been saying they suppose it’s began to sink in. I simply had my second. When you may beat Dortmund to signal a participant one thing has positively modified.

Alexa, play free from want

— Nick Fletcher (@BarnacleRed) June 25, 2022

Welcome to the membership Taiwo! I want you a wholesome & profitable profession at #nffc ??

— Clearkut (@clearkut87) June 25, 2022

He’ll rating in opposition to Man U. Pin This tweet

— Black Bruce Wayne (@freshnificent_) June 25, 2022

Wow!! welcome @taiwoawoniyi18 you’re gonna like it right here ?❤️

— Tracey Eager ❤️?? (@tkeen80) June 25, 2022

Welcome to Nottingham Forest!

— Simpsons NFFC (@SimpsonsNffc) June 25, 2022

My lord. He’s stunning

— harry pownall (@HarryPo456) June 25, 2022

Iv simply bought this sense we have now @StanCollymore 2.0 simply signed for us. Can’t wait to see this child play.

— ⭕️??DEZ??⭕️ (@BigDez1982) June 25, 2022

And there he’s! Greatest ever signing for the Mighty Reds! Welcome and hope you’ll take pleasure in life and soccer right here at Nottingham Forest, YOU REDS! ??⚽️?⚪️

— Henrik NFFC Johansen (@henjohansen1) June 25, 2022

A one-time Liverpool signing, Awoniyi was on the books of the Anfield giants for six years however didn’t make a single official look for the senior workforce earlier than leaving for Berlin final yr.

The striker reportedly snubbed Borussia Dortmund to seal a dream transfer again to the Premier League.