How Taiwo Awoniyi made it to the Premier League

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This is the story of Taiwo Awoniyi from Nigeria. A proper center forward.


In 2022, Awoniyi signed for Nottingham Forest, and in the process finally made it to the place he'd always wanted to be -- the Premier League.



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Way back in 2015, at the age of just 18, Awoniyi joined Liverpool. But he was not granted a work permit to play in the UK. That led a whistlestop tour of Europe, with 7 loan spells in 6 seasons. An odyssey that toughened him up mentally. In this documentary, we take you to the place where it all started to find out more about Awoniyi's roots and the people that made him the player he is today...

Report: Felix Schwadorf
Edited by: Vincent Chmiel
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