{"id":65997,"date":"2025-05-19T08:30:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T08:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65997"},"modified":"2025-05-19T08:30:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T08:30:46","slug":"nottingham-manager-praises-awoniyi-says-his-smile-is-contagious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/19\/nottingham-manager-praises-awoniyi-says-his-smile-is-contagious\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Manager Praises Awoniyi, Says His Smile Is Contagious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Oluwamayowa Fakande<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nottingham Forest head coach, Nuno Espirito Santo, has heaped praise on Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi, calling him a beloved figure in the squad and describing his smile as contagious.<\/p>\n<p>Awoniyi, who is currently recovering from emergency abdominal surgery after colliding with a goalpost during a Premier League clash against Leicester City, remains at the heart of team spirit despite his absence.<\/p>\n<p>To honour their injured teammate, Forest players warmed up wearing shirts with his name and number, accompanied by the message \u201cwe\u2019re all with you Taiwo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the beginning of the preparations, T was on our minds due to the seriousness of the situation. The boys wanted to do it for T,\u201d said Santo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe admire him. His smile is contagious. We miss him and we need him. The boys gave everything for him, and we are so proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Forest still in contention for a Champions League spot, Santo described the team\u2019s final match at the City Ground as a chance to achieve \u201csomething magical,\u201d noting that Awoniyi remains a strong emotional force driving the team forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oluwamayowa Fakande Nottingham Forest head coach, Nuno Espirito Santo, has heaped praise on Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi, calling him a beloved figure in the squad and describing his smile as contagious. Awoniyi, who is currently recovering from emergency abdominal surgery after colliding with a goalpost during a Premier League clash against Leicester City, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":65998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-65997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65999,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65997\/revisions\/65999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}