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Report: Taiwo Awoniyi’s future at Liverpool in limbo amid work permit issues
Talented Liverpool-owned striker Taiwo Awoniyi will be left having to wait to find out his fate for next season, as current club Mainz have put their transfer plans on ice for next season.
That is according to the club’s head coach Achim Beierlorzer and a
The Mainz boss stated that the Nigerian is happy at Liverpool but that no talks regarding a long-term stay would take place until the season is finished.
“Taiwo said in January that he didn’t want to move again, he feels comfortable and understood with us.
“After that, he just kept working on himself.
“Before we have reached our goal of avoiding relegation, for which we still need to collect points, there are no discussions.”
that any potential loan or permanent deal next season has been ‘placed on the backburner’ as Awonityi’s future continues to look in limbo.
As the Echo reports, Awoniyi’s time at Liverpool has been greatly impacted by work permit issues.
Liverpool signed the talented Nigerian in the summer of 2015. As reported by , Liverpool paid £400,000 for the player, the money going to Swedish side Kalmar, who had the right of first-option on the player if he was to leave the Imperial Academy in Nigeria, as
But work permit issues saw Awoniyi loaned out to FSV Frankfurt and NEC Nijmegen in his first two seasons as a Liverpool player, both of which ended in relegation.
He ended up becoming a serious goal-threat Royal Excelsior Mouscron in two spells, either side of a poor stint with KAA Gent last season.
That form saw him earn a move to Bundesliga side Mainz, where he has scored just once in 11 appearances. However, Jurgen Klopp is believed to be a fan of the player. Klopp called him an ‘amazing talent’ and told him to settle at Mainz for a potential long loan spell before a work permit could be obtained.
Last summer, Liverpool valued the player at £10 million after his good form with Mouscron but that has likely dropped amid the current global health crisis.
With Awoniyi still waiting for a senior Nigerian call-up, any work permit application will likely fall on deaf ears this summer.
With that in mind, Liverpool might look to sell the talented frontman this summer and use the money to help strengthen the first-team squad. Any sale would undoubtedly contain a buy-back clause, considering his talent.
However, right now, it would appear that Mainz are not in a position to start discussing a long-term plan for the 22-year-old. Awoniyi will have to wait and, for now, concentrate on helping Mainz avoid relegation from the Bundesliga.