Tremendous Eagles and Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Michael Awoniyi, is not going to be taking part in his membership’s pre-season coaching camp, Soccernet.ng studies.
The 26-year-old struggled with a recurring groin drawback final time period, lacking a whooping 18 video games for the Reds, together with the AFCON 2023 match for the Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria.
Awoniyi missed Forest’s warm-up recreation towards Chesterfield. Nuno Espirito Santo’s males cruised to a 3-nil win, courtesy of objectives from Chris Wooden, Josh Bowler and Ibrahim Sangare. After the sport, the Portuguese coach revealed that the previous Union Berlin striker missed the sport as a result of a calf drawback.
Moreover, the ex-Liverpool man is not going to journey to Spain with the remainder of the Forest squad for his or her pre-season marketing campaign. As per Nottinghampost, Awoniyi’s absence will not be injury-related, however slightly, as a result of private causes as regards his household.
The 2-time FA Cup winners have three friendlies lined up for his or her keep in Spain, all of which might be performed on the Pinatar Enviornment in San Pedro. Nuno Espirito Santo sees the camp as a possibility to assist construct group chemistry and assist their new signings settle into the squad earlier than the 2024/2025 English Premier League season kicks off.
Ola Aina and the remainder of the Forest group will tackle Sunderland on Friday, adopted by a conflict towards Millwall subsequent Tuesday. The Reds will face Elche subsequent week Saturday.
They return to the Metropolis Floor on August 2 to tackle Villareal earlier than flying out to Greece to play towards UEFA Europa Convention League winners, Olympiacos to wrap up their preparations for the brand new season.
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