In their bid to avoid another breach of the Premier League’s financial rules, relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest could be forced to sell Nigeria international, Taiwo Awoniyi, at the end of the summer, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
Forests were handed a four-point deduction on Tuesday for breaching the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules.
According to the Premier League, the City Ground landlords admitted breaching PSR by £34.5m above their permitted threshold of £61m.
The club are however are at risk of breaching financial rules again next season if they don’t sell one of their top stars in the summer and as such Awoniyi has been noted among one of the top players that the club co-owner Evangelos Marinakis could be forced to sell ahead of next season.
Awoniyi joined the Tricky Trees from Union Berlin for a club-record fee in region of £17.5m June 2022.
Since joining the Premier League club, he has become an important player for the club and one of the fans favourites.
Despite having his two seasons blighted by injury, the Nigerian forward remains Forest top scorer since joining the club, with 16 goals across the two campaigns.
So far this season, the 26-year-old has scored six goals, three short of Chris Wood, who is currently the club top scorer.
Premier League trio Newcastle, West Ham and Southampton have been linked with a move for the former Liverpool striker while FC Schalke 04 are also interested in the Super Eagles striker.
The four-point deduction has seen Forest dropped into the relegation zone to 18th position, one point behind Luton Town, who moved up to 17th, with nine games to play.
