Overview
- Multiple outlets reported on Saturday that Nottingham Forest and Coventry have agreed terms for a permanent transfer and that Awoniyi is due to undergo a medical before the deal is formally completed.
- Reports put the fee at about £17 million, with Fabrizio Romano and local outlets citing that figure as Coventry finalise another major signing of the window.
- Awoniyi made 103 appearances for Forest, scoring 23 goals and providing six assists, but his starts fell last season because of injuries and competition from other forwards.
- Coventry manager Frank Lampard has driven recruitment this summer and could use Awoniyi immediately because striker Haji Wright is carrying an injury that may keep him out of the season start.
- The move slots into Coventry’s aggressive transfer drive that has broken club records this summer and could see Awoniyi available for the Premier League opener at Arsenal on August 21.