Taiwo Awoniyi, striker for the Super Eagles, has had emergency surgery due to an abdominal injury.
As reported by Mail Sport, Awoniyi incurred the injury in Nottingham Forest’s 2-2 match against Leicester City on Sunday.
In the final minutes of the game at the City Ground, the 27-year-old crashed into the post.
He tried to carry on after receiving several minutes of treatment.
But the full extent of the injury was only discovered by club medical staff on Monday and Awoniyi was hospitalised for an urgent procedure.
Awoniyi had stretched to try and meet Anthony Elanga’s cross and was in visible discomfort after sliding into the foot of the post, an incident which led to a on-pitch discussion between Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis and Nuno Espirito Santo.
Marinakis was left furious with how the medical staff’s handled the injury.
Awoniyi required around three minutes of treatment, but could not be substituted after Forest used their last available window to replace Elliot Anderson with Jota Silva
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