Ola Aina: ‘Everyone at Forest rocked by serious injury to Awoniyi

Taiwo Awoniyi’s team-mate at Nottingham Forest, Ola Aina admits everyone at the club has been rocked by the serious injury to the Nigerian striker.

‘T is a very chilled guy. He doesn’t like to get in the way. He goes about his own business but he can have fun as well.

‘He has been in a couple of my [YouTube] videos but I know he doesn’t like the cameras too much so I try not to put them in his face. I respect that about him. I have sent him a message of course. The whole team has.

‘I have heard he is recovering well so hopefully we will hear from him soon. I knew he had hurt himself at the time but just didn’t realise it was to that extent. I only really heard when everyone was sending messages on our players’ group chat.

‘We have a lot of things in common, me and Taiwo. Like our faith. But this is our team-mate and brother and someone we spend most of the year with day in day out.

‘It affects everybody in some sort of way. All we can do is show our support and hopefully everything goes well for him now,’ Aina was quoted as saying by Mail Online.