Union Berlin’s Managing Director admits Awoniyi transfer was a great loss to the club

Nigeria Worldwide Taiwo Awoniyi’s switch to Nottingham Forest is completed and dusted, with the striker signing a five-year cope with the English Premier League newcomers following a profitable bodily examination.

The switch price for the Nigeria worldwide is 20 million euros however not all of it’ll go to Union Berlin as Liverpool inserted a ten p.c sell-on clause into the deal taking him to the Bundesliga membership final summer season.

Union Berlin have been resigned to dropping Awoniyi after a banner season that noticed him register twenty objectives in 43 appearances throughout all competitions and ending the marketing campaign because the sixth highest goalscorer within the German high flight.

The 24-year-old is returning to the Premier League a 12 months after he was bought by Liverpool for a price of 6.5 million euros.

Commenting on the departure of the membership’s report scorer within the Bundesliga, Oliver Ruhnert, Union Berlin’s Managing Director for Skilled Soccer admitted that the striker shall be sadly missed.

“It was clear {that a} participant like Taiwo will entice the eye of different golf equipment together with his performances,” Oliver Ruhnert informed Union Berlin’s official webpage.

“From a sporting and private viewpoint, he is a good loss for our group, which should now be absorbed.

“We want Taiwo all the perfect for the longer term and thank him for his achievements within the shirt of 1. FC Union Berlin.”

Awoniyi is the third Nigerian attacker to finish his affiliation with Union Berlin this summer season, after Anthony Ujah and Suleiman Abdullahi.