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Former Liverpool striker Taiwo Awoniyi has been credited with transfer interest from three Premier League clubs less than a year after departing Anfield permanently.

The 24-year-old spent six years on the Reds’ books between 2015 and 2021 after being signed from the Imperial Soccer Academy but did not play a single game for Liverpool, leaving Anfield temporarily on seven different loan spells with FSV Frankfurt, NEC, Mouscron (twice), Gent, Mainz 05 and Union Berlin, the latter of which he joined permanently at the start of the season.

Now, the Nigerian striker has been credited with transfer interest from Newcastle United, West Ham United and Southampton, having scoring 13 times in 27 Bundesliga games for Union this season.

Bild (as published by Sport Witness) have reported that West Ham are keen to sign the forward who has four international caps for Nigeria, including one goal in this year’s Africa Cup of Nations victory over Sudan. The report also suggests Saints and the Magpies are also monitoring his future.

According to Bild, any club interested would have to trigger the €20m (£16.65m) release clause in Awoniyi’s contract, with Union signing him for just €6.5m (£5.4m) last summer.

The former Liverpool striker has had a stunning campaign in Germany’s top-flight, with his 13 goals putting sixth in the hunt for the division’s golden boot award. Only Robert Lewandowski (32), Patrick Schick (20), Erling Haaland (18), Christopher Nkunku (17) and Anthony Modeste