{"id":295525,"date":"2023-11-05T10:54:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T10:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=295525"},"modified":"2023-11-05T10:54:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T10:54:36","slug":"liverpool-may-be-haunted-by-taiwo-awoniyi-after-mohamed-salah-forced-star-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/liverpool-may-be-haunted-by-taiwo-awoniyi-after-mohamed-salah-forced-star-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool may be haunted by Taiwo Awoniyi after Mohamed Salah forced star out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jurgen Klopp dismisses Mohamed Salah transfer talk<\/h3>\n

Liverpool may be haunted by Nottingham Forest star Taiwo Awoniyi later this season. The 26-year-old spent six years at Anfield but has admitted he had to make the difficult decision to quit the club as he was being starved of opportunities due to the presence of blockbuster star Mohamed Salah.<\/p>\n

Awoniyi joined Liverpool from Imperial Academy in Nigeria as an 18-year-old in 2015. But following a series of loan spells, he left the Reds to sign for Union Berlin in 2021 before he had even made a single first team appearance.<\/p>\n

The talented striker notched 25 goals in 65 games for the German club before securing a \u00a317million move to Nottingham Forest last summer. He has impressed in the Premier League and scored in his team\u2019s first three matches this season after hitting six goals in his final four encounters of the last campaign.<\/p>\n

Awoniyi returned from injury as a second half substitute last weekend when Forest were defeated 3-0 by Liverpool at Anfield. And the Nigeria international will have another opportunity to haunt his former employers in March when the Reds travel to the City Ground.<\/p>\n

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But Awoniyi accepts his departure from Merseyside was inevitable. \u201cFor me as a player, that was the kind of environment I had always wanted,\u201d the ace told the Liverpool FC website. \u201cBut in life sometimes you have to make tough decisions, and I knew for me that I needed to go and play every week.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look at the time, there was Salah, [Sadio] Mane, [Roberto] Firmino and others. I knew the chances [to play] were very, very slim. I knew I needed to get to a place where I was playing every week. It was hard [to leave], but it was a decision I had to make.<\/p>\n