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Nottingham Forest confirm the signing of Union Berlin forward Taiwo Awoniyi for a club-record fee as the Nigerian seals a five-year-deal at the City Ground... with Liverpool set to pocket a £1.75m windfall from their former player's return to England

Nottingham Forest confirmed the signing of Nigerian international Taiwo Awoniyi for a club record fee on Saturday morning.

The Union Berlin forward is understood to have completed a move in the region of £17.5million - beating the previous record arrival set by Portuguese midfielder Joao Carvalho in 2018.

Liverpool will receive £1.75million from the deal due to a 10% sell-on clause negotiated in his move to Union Berlin in 2021.

Taiwo Awoniyi (above) has completed a club record move to Nottingham Forest

Taiwo Awoniyi (above) has completed a club record move to Nottingham Forest

Speaking to the club website, Awoniyi said: 'I'm very excited to be here at Nottingham Forest.