Nottingham Forest coach Nuno Espirito Santo has ruled Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi out of his team’s final game against Chelsea, but says he will inspire his teammates.
Forest players are in a fight for a place in European football for the first time in more than a decade.
The Nigerian attacker suffered a clash with the woodwork in Forest’s 2-2 clash against Leicester City and needed surgery on a ruptured intestine and he’s now out, on his way to full recovery.
Forest, the two-time UEFA Champions League winners welcome Chelsea to the City Ground on Sunday.
“He’s much better. He’s already been able to walk. The doctor has informed us that he’s starting his normal life in terms of food, so he’s much better,” Nuno Espirito Santo told Nottingham Post.
“I cannot answer whether he will be at the City Ground. I don’t know. It’s about the medical (information), so I’m not sure, but he’s OK.
“We are going to be playing for T again. He is not going to be with us. It was a big issue that happened to him, and it is in our minds.
Awoniyi should definitely be a source of inspiration to his teammates who wore T-shirts during their warm-up against West Ham United with Awoniyi’s name on.
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