Osimhen welcomes Taiwo Awoniyi to the Super Eagles

Osimhen welcomes Taiwo Awoniyi to the Super Eagles

Victor Osimhen has congratulated Union Berlin striker Taiwo Awoniyi on his maiden invitation to the Super Eagles.

Awoniyi was invited by Gernot Rohr for the FIFA World Cup qualifying double-header against Central African Republic.

The former Golden Eaglets, Flying Eagles and Dream Team striker was drafted to the squad as a replacement for Terem Moffi who pulled out of the game, due to injury.

Awoniyi arrived the camp on Tuesday and joined the team in gym sessions, before training with them for the first time on Wednesday.

Osimhen shared a short video of himself on Instagram page, welcoming the Bundesliga star to the squad.

He wrote: “Welcome to the Super Eagles brother”

Awoniyi, 24, has been in terrific form this season, netting 8 goals and 2 assists in 12 appearances for Union Berlin this season.

He will challenge Victor Osimhen and Paul Onuachu for a place in the starting eleven against the Central African Republic on Thursday.

If you use the quotes from this content, you legally agree to give www.brila.net the News credit as the source and a backlink to our story. Copyright 2024 Brila Media.

COMMENTS

WORDPRESS: 0

Imageboosterbn
WP Twitter Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com
error: Content is protected !!