Report: EPL clubs consider Taiwo Awoniyi worth €30 million
Goal.com is currently reporting that Premier League suitors are willing to put as much as €30 million on the table for FC Union Berlin striker Taiwo Awoniyi.
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According to the online journal, West Ham United, Southampton FC, and Newcastle are the three potential suitors. Obviously, the "nouveau riche" magpies are considered the front-runners at this point. Awoniyi's production numbers this season (16 goals and four assists) render him an excellent candidate for a move to St. James' Park.
Though Awoniyi remains the most successful striker on head-coach Urs Fischer's team, die Eisernen could hardly be expected to resist a transfer sum that smashes their previous record haul by a factor of five. Sales of Sebastian Andersson (to FC Köln in 2020) and Robert Andrich (to Leverkusen in 2021) netted Berlin's Köpenick club approximately €6.5 million.
Union spent a reported €7.5 million to sign Awoniyi permanently from the Merseyside Reds last summer.
