{"id":49146,"date":"2025-05-13T11:41:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=49146"},"modified":"2025-05-13T11:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:41:58","slug":"taiwo-awoniyi-injury-update-nottingham-forest-striker-abdominal-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/taiwo-awoniyi-injury-update-nottingham-forest-striker-abdominal-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest&#8217;s Taiwo Awoniyi Has &#8216;Urgent&#8217; Abdominal Surgery After Colliding With Post In Leicester Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The latest Taiwo Awoniyi injury update reveals that the Nottingham Forest striker has undergone abdominal surgery after colliding with the post against Leicester.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/premier-league\/\"><strong>Premier League<\/strong><\/a> clash between Nottingham Forest and rivals Leicester City ended in a 2-2 draw, but left Awoniyi needing &#8216;urgent&#8217; medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian forward, 27, clattered into the post in the closing minutes while attempting to get on the end of an Anthony Elanga cross.<\/p>\n<p>After receiving pitch-side treatment, he continued playing, but was clearly in severe pain.<\/p>\n<h2>Nottingham Forest Provide Taiwo Awoniyi Injury Update<\/h2>\n<p>In a statement on the club&#8217;s website, Forest said:\u00a0&#8220;The club can confirm Taiwo Awoniyi has undergone urgent surgery following an abdominal injury sustained during Sunday&#8217;s match against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/leicester-city\/\"><strong>Leicester City<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone at Nottingham Forest sends their best wishes to Taiwo. The club will provide further updates when appropriate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Awoniyi had only come on as a replacement minutes before his injury.<\/p>\n<p>The striker was sent on in place of Ibrahim Sangare as Forest searched for a late winner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Club can confirm Taiwo Awoniyi has undergone urgent surgery following an abdominal injury sustained during Sunday\u2019s match against Leicester City.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone at Nottingham Forest sends their best wishes to Taiwo.  <\/p>\n<p>The Club will provide further updates when appropriate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0SH82nA4dv\">pic.twitter.com\/0SH82nA4dv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFFC\/status\/1922223666961465477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis was seen marching onto the field and remonstrating with manager Nuno Espirito Santo at full time, with many criticising the Greek businessman.<\/p>\n<p>But he has since posted on social media to say the handling of Taiwo Awoniyi&#8217;s injury was partly the reason for his outburst.<\/p>\n<p>He said:\u00a0&#8220;Everybody &#8211; coaching staff, players, supporters and including myself &#8211; we were frustrated around the injury of Taiwo and the medical staff&#8217;s misjudgement on Taiwo&#8217;s ability to continue the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is natural, this is a demonstration of the passion we feel for our club.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Taiwo Awoniyi Stats<\/h2>\n<p>Awoniyi&#8217;s first professional contract was with Liverpool, who he signed for in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>But despite spending six years on the books of the Merseyside club, he never made a senior appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Seven loans followed, the last of which was to Union Berlin, who he joined permanently in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>He scored 25 goals in 65 games for the German outfit, before moving to Forest in 2022 for a reported \u00a317 million fee.<\/p>\n<p>His record at the Premier League club has been less impressive, with 19 goals and four assists in 85 total appearances.<\/p>\n<p>So far this season, Awoniyi has two goals in all competitions, having played 32 times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Taiwo Awoniyi injury update reveals that the Nottingham Forest striker has undergone abdominal surgery after colliding with the post against Leicester. 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