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Rooney offers advice to Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi

Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi should be more clever in the final third of the pitch.

That is the view of former Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney, who is the club's top goalscorer of all time.

Rooney, who was also England's top marksman until Harry Kane usurped his tally, said on punditry duty to the BBC:

“As a forward if you put yourself in the middle of the goal you will get chances.

“He needs to take a little bit more care and perhaps make the extra pass but he will get better opportunities.

“He has to be ready when those chances come, if he progresses to a bigger club, he will have to be taking those chances."

Ex-Forest academy star Jermaine Jenas added: “Awoniyi causes problems all game but he just needs that extra bit of finesse, to find the corner. It's like he's just swinging at it all of the time and that extra bit of quality is just not quite there."

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