Liverpool gives Taiwo Awoniyi a 2 year deadline to obtain Work Permit

Liverpool gives Taiwo Awoniyi a 2 year deadline to obtain Work Permit

By Adejuyigbe Olorunfemi

Nigeria U23 international Taiwo Awoniyi revealed that he has been given a deadline of two years by Liverpool to get British work permit, BSNSports.com.ng can report

Taiwo Awoniyi added that not getting the document is a threat to his stay at the club.

The Nigeria forward who joined Liverpool in 2015 is currently on loan to German Bundesliga club, Mainz 05.

The 22 year old Nigerian forward, said that Jurgen Klopp played an important role in his loan move to Mainz 05. Jurgen klopp was a former player of Mainz 05, before he was appointed as coach in 2001 for Mainz 05.

Taiwo Awoniyi is on a loan spell for the sixth time, since having previously spent time at FSV Frankfurt, NEC Nijmegen, Mouscron (2) and KAA Gent.

''For me, Jurgen Klopp is the best coach so far that I have met in my career,'' Awoniyi told  Sporting Life Nigeria.

''If not for an injury that I had during the pre-season maybe Nigerians would have seen me on the tour of the United States with Liverpool in the pre-season but we had a discussion also and he talked quite good.

''This was why I went to Mainz because it was where Klopp started there. It is like his home and he said Taiwo you can go there and make it your home too. 

''He said hopefully I would get my chance there and that maybe in the next one or two years the work permit is given I could come back but if not I would have to move on with my career.''