Nigeria international Taiwo Awoniyi has been excluded from Nottingham Forest’s squad for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League, Afrosport reports. Awoniyi is one of several notable omissions from the team list for the league phase, which runs from 24 September 2025 to 29 January 2026. The 28-year-old joined Forest in June 2022 from Union Berlin for a then-club record fee of £17 million. He quickly became a...
Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi was awarded as PFA Community Champion for contributions to society at his club Nottingham Forest during the course of the 2024-25 season, Afrosport reports. Back in March, Awoniyi provided meals to Christians and Muslims who were engaged in Lent and Ramadan respectively to break their fasts at the end of the day. Such kind gesture did not go unnoticed with Forest...
Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo has given a fresh update on the recovery of Nigerian forward Taiwo Awoniyi, Afrosport reports. The 27-year-old suffered a serious abdominal injury after forcefully clattering into the frame of the post in a 2-2 draw with Premier League draw with Leicester City a fortnight ago. Awoniyi needed two rounds of surgeries to allow internal wounds heal and was in an...
Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo has provided further positive update on the recovery of Taiwo Awoniyi who underwent surgery for an abdominal injury, Afrosport reports. The Nigerian forward needed emergency surgery after suffering internal damage from clattering into the goal post in the closing moments of Sunday's 2-2 Premier League draw against Leicester City. Awoniyi needed two rounds of surgeries, the second one requiring him...
Nigeria and Nottingham Forest forward Taiwo Awoniyi is awake from an induced coma after undergoing surgery on a serious abdominal injury, Afrosport reports. Awoniyi was rushed to the hospital on Monday night for emergency surgery due to the injury he sustained in Forest’s 2-2 draw against Leicester City on Sunday. The Nigerian collided with the goalpost inside Forest’s City Ground, and reports suggest that the 27-year-old...
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