Awoniyi will deliver, says Lampard

Coventry City manager, Frank Lampard, has said that Taiwo Awoniyi, is beginning to justify the huge investment which brought him to the CBS Arena.

Awoniyi joined the Sky Blues on a permanent transfer from Nottingham Forest in a deal worth about £9 million, barely 48 hours to the season’s opener.

The Nigeria international scored and also made an assist when the Sky Blues silenced Plymouth Argyle 4-2 in the Carabao Cup, on Tuesday, after firing blanks during the Premier League season’s opener against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Lampard admits that the 2013 FIFA U17 World Cup is yet to hit the full match fitness, but has begun to show the qualities that the Sky Blues saw in him.

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“I think so. He played some good pre-season minutes at Forest, although probably not so much in his last sort of 10 days before coming to us.

“It was good to get him on the pitch at the Emirates, and then he starts the game tonight, and he gets his goal and an assist.

“I thought we saw the qualities that we brought him here for,” Lampard was quoted as saying by CoventryLive.

The former Chelsea and England star who signed a deal to keep him at the Sky Blues until 2029, can’t wait for his team’s first win of the season in the Premier League tomorrow at the expense of the Tigers.