By Khaleed Alezi
Former Super Eagles and legend, Austin Eguavoen has tipped Taiwo Awoniyi to score goals in the Premier League, OwoSports.com.ng reports.
Newly-promoted Nottingham Forest signed the Nigeria forward Taiwo Awoniyi from Union Berlin for a club-record fee in the region of £17.5m.
Eguavoen, couldn’t hide his delight for Awoniyi as his tweet on social media platform, Twitter, read.
“Congratulations to Taiwo Awoniyi on his move to Nottingham Forest & thank you for taking care of him, @fcunion_en. Definitely will be tearing it up in the in the Premier League this season. I wish you the very best. Always keep the faith. @taiwoawoniyi18 🇳🇬👏🏾.”
Awoniyi scored 20 goals in 43 games across all competitions last season. His 15 goals in 31 Bundesliga matches also helped Union Berlin secure a fifth-place finish and qualification for the Europa League for the first time since 2001/2002.