Coventry City sun cimma yarjejeniya mai kimanin £17 miliyan don sayo dan wasan kai hari na Nottingham Forest Taiwo Awoniyi, tare da kammala yarjejeniyar da ake sa ran kafin wasansu na farko na Premier League a kan Arsenal a ranar Juma'a.

Dan kasa-da-kasa na Nigeria zai zo Sky Blues bayan shekaru hudu a Forest, inda ya buga wasanni 103 kuma ya ci kwallaye 23. Asalin sa ya shiga Forest daga Union Berlin a shekara ta 2022 da £17.2 miliyan — adadin da ya kasance tarihin kuɗin sayar da ɗan wasa mafi tsada a kulob din a lokacin.

Ƙarshen wahala a Forest

Awoniyi yana barin Forest bayan wani lokaci da yake cike da wahala a City Ground. Ɗan wasan mai shekaru 29 ya sami kansa a bayan Chris Wood da Igor Jesus a matsayin dan wasa na uku na kai hari a kakar da ta gabata, kuma an cire shi gaba ɗaya daga jerin Forest na UEFA Europa League.

Ya sami dama ta fara wasanni uku ne kawai a duk tsawon kakar, inda ya ƙare da kwallaye 4 a bayyanarsa 17 a duk gasar. Matsalolinsa a fagen wasa sun ƙaru ta hanyar raunin da ya samu a watan Mayu 2025, lokacin da hanji na Awoniyi ya yage bayan ya karo da ginshiƙi yayin wasan da Leicester — raunin da ya buƙaci a shigar da shi cikin barci na wucin gadi.

Gyare-gyaren bazara mai cike da niyya a Coventry

Sanya hannu kan Awoniyi yana daga cikin canjin da Coventry ke yi, yayin da kulob ɗin ke shirya shiga Premier League a karon farko cikin shekaru 25. Manajan Frank Lampard ya yi aiki da gaske a kasuwar 'yan wasa, yana kawo sabbin fuska da yawa kafin dawowarka ga Premier League.

An sake sanya hannu kan dan wasan tsakiya Gus Hamer daga Sheffield United, yayin da mai tsaron gida Carl Rushworth ya shiga dindindin bayan aro mai nasara daga Brighton. Mai taimakawa Loum Tchaouna ya zo daga Burnley, mai tsaro Aurele Amenda ya zo daga Eintracht Frankfurt, kuma dan kasa-da-kasa na Ghana Caleb Yirenkyi ya sanya hannu daga Nordsjaelland.

Zaɓuɓɓukan kai hari na Lampard sun ragu saboda rauni, tare da Haji Wright yana rashin lafiya a yanzu. Brandon Thomas-Asante da Ellis Simms suna samuwa don bude kakar ta Juma'a a kan Arsenal — wasa da yanzu ya yi kama zai haɗa da Awoniyi da zarar an sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyarsa.