Former Liverpool man breaks silence on his exit.
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Taiwo Awoniyi completed a permanent transfer to Union Berlin last year.

The Nigerian striker joined Liverpool as a teenager in 2015 but never managed to make an appearance for the Reds due to work permit.

He spent a successful loan at Union Berlin in the 2020/21 season and made his move permanent to the German club for the following season.

The 25-year-old forward shared his frustrations he faced during his Liverpool career.

“It was frustrating because every summer I’d be in pre-season training at Liverpool waiting to see how it goes with the permit,” he said in an interview with The Telegraph. “I hadn’t played for my national team or in any of Europe’s top five leagues.

“In the end I’d have to go out on loan, but in life I have been in more difficult situations than that. I’ve always believed I would play in the Premier League. It has always been my biggest target as a football player.

“Even when I was in Liverpool’s second team I learned so much. The way they set up training, and all the fantastic players around me, made it a learning process. Before I left, he (Klopp) told me that Union Berlin were pushing everything to sign me permanently (after a successful loan spell in 2020-21).

“He said, ‘That is the key for a player, the moment a team wants to sign you so much that means you belong there.’ That was the last discussion we had and he was right.”

 

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