Nottingham Forest player Accept Crystal Palace move – Going elsewhere

Taiwo Awoniye is about to leave Nottingham Forest for Crystal Palace, according to today’s reports from France.

FootMercato writes that the Ligue 1 side are ‘on the verge of completing’ the signing, having already scheduled his medical.

Crystal Palace are believed to be beating some heavy competition for the Nottingham Forest player, as it’s said that Lille and Lyons were also interested in Taiwo Awoniye.

The report claims that the EPL club will be paying €15m for the signing, others have put it a little higher. That will help the Tricky Trees to make a big sale before the end of the financial year.

Something interesting in this story is that Taiwo Awoniye reportedly took some advice from Orel Mangala, who belongs to Nottingham Forest and spent the past few months on loan at Lyon.

Taiwo Awoniye struggled to hold a starting spot at City Ground this season, as despite his 23 appearances, he had long sequences on the bench.

That may be a reason why he ‘rejected’ Lyons and Lille, as Crystal Palace assured him of a prominent role.