Royal Excel Mouscron of Belgium’s in-form striker, Taiwo Awoniyi has received a massive increase in valuation, as his parent club, Liverpool are now ready to sell him for £12.9m this summer.
Although The Reds are also keen on keeping Awoniyi on their cards for the future, which could portend yet another loan deal for him next season, sports247.ng learnt the English Premier League club would be ready to cash in on the striker’s current sizzling form.
Should that be the case, Awoniyi’s suitors, who are said to be led at the moment by Schalke 04 of Germany will have to £12.9m for the UAE 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup gold medalist.
However, with another Germany club, SV Mainz 05, also said to be interested in the 21-year-old striker, who has scored six goals in seven matches this year alone, and has been named to team of the week for the past six matchdays, Liverpool could up their asking price to £13m.
Before returning to top form on his return to Mouscron, Awoniyi, who played on loan at SV Frankfurt of Germany and NEC Nijmegen of Holland, failed to make top marks with another Belgian club, KAA Gent in the first half of the current season.
However, all that is now in the past, as the product of Imperial Football Academy of Odogbolu, Ogun State has overcome the blushes he faced at Gent and making the best of a mid-season return to Mouscron, where he also did well and excelled in the past campaign.
Awoniyi is now attracting keen attention from Schalke, who have the fourth weakest attack in the German Bundesliga, which they believe would change if they hook the Nigerian youngster, who signed a long-term contract with Liverpool before moving to Mousrcon in January.
