Soccer-Awoniyi joins Forest in club record move from Union Berlin


Soccer Football - Bundesliga - 1. FC Union Berlin v Hertha BSC - Stadion An der Alten Forsterei, Berlin, Germany - November 20, 2021 1. FC Union Berlin's Taiwo Awoniyi REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/Files

(Reuters) - Nottingham Forest have signed Nigeria forward Taiwo Awoniyi from Bundesliga side Union Berlin on a five-year contract, the newly-promoted Premier League club said on Saturday.

British media reported that Forest had paid Union a club-record fee of 17 million pounds ($20.85 million) for the 24-year-old international.

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