Liverpool are willing to sell striker Taiwo Awoniyi this summer if they receive an offer of £8m, according to The Athletic's James Pearce.
The lowdown
The Reds signed Awoniyi from his homeland Nigeria back in 2015 for just under £1m but they have been forced to sanction a succession of loan moves while they waited for him to secure a work permit. His switch to Bundesliga outfit Union Berlin ahead of the 2020/21 campaign was his seventh temporary exit.
Awoniyi finished the campaign as the team's third highest-scorer with five goals, helping them to a seventh-place finish in the German top flight and qualification for next season's Europa Conference League.
Mergim Vojvoda, a former team-mate of Awoniyi at Royal Excel Mouscron in Belgium, hailed him as "an excellent player with great qualities", adding that "Taiwo is a forward who needs to showcase his power".
Earlier this month, the Nigerian was finally able to obtain his work permit, meaning he could be part of the Liverpool squad next season, while he has two years left on his contract at Anfield.
The latest
Fulham, West Bromwich and Stoke City have 'already shown interest' in the 23-year-old, according to Pearce for The Athletic, and he is seen as one of the club's more valuable assets after impressing in Germany.
Pearce added that the Reds will listen to offers for a whole host of returning loanees, including Harry Wilson, Marko Grujic and Loris Karius.
The verdict
Awoniyi may never have featured for the Reds' first team, but he could still make an important contribution to Liverpool.
Having sealed the signing of Ibrahima Konate on Friday, The Athletic claimed that further coming incomings will be 'influenced by how much is generated from player sales'.
An £8m influx is not to be dismissed. It could represent a decent chunk of the fee for a backup forward or a midfielder, while the potential sale of Awoniyi could be similar to how Liverpool yielded big fees for rarely-seen strikers such as Dominic Solanke and Rhian Brewster in the last couple of years.
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