West Ham are involved in a three-way scrap to sign Taiwo Awoniyi whose valued has almost quadrupled since leaving Liverpool last summer, per a report.Awoniyi spent six years on the books at Liverpool, though you’ll be forgiven for not remembering the name. The striker, now 24, never once made an appearance for the Reds. Persistent struggles to gain a work permit cut his career in England off at the knees.
Instead, the Nigerian was repeatedly loaned out across the continent before finally landing a permanent move to Union Berlin last summer.
The Bundesliga side forked out £6.5m for his signature, though that now looks a veritable steal.
Taiwo Awoniy …
- April 1, 2022
