Antoine Semenyo’s stance on leaving AFC Bournemouth within the January transfer window has been revealed after interest from several clubs.
Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham are all believed to be keen on the 25-year-old, who has shined within the Premier League this season.
Semenyo has even been tipped to affix former teammate Dean Huijsen at Real Madrid if he continues his impressive performances within the top-flight.
The Ghana international winger has conjured up six goals and three assists in 11 Premier League games for Bournemouth to this point this term.
It’s understood there’s a release clause in Semenyo’s contract and while it’s not yet known how much the figure is, the Cherries value him over £75m.
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Some outlets have now claimed Semenyo has asked to go away the club in January but those rumours have been shut down by Mark McAdam on X.
The Sky Sports reporter has revealed the player’s stance on a January move by posting: ‘Antoine Semenyo has not asked to go away Bournemouth. He’s fully focused on performing for the team.’
United have long been excited by Semenyo and Ruben Amorim even went out for dinner with the player to persuade him to affix in the summertime.
It is assumed that United were only willing to fork out £55m for Semenyo, which was well below Bournemouth’s valuation.
Semenyo ended up signing a brand new cope with the south coast club in July and described Bournemouth as his ‘protected place’.
‘Should you go somewhere, you would like to feel wanted, and I didn’t feel that,’ Semenyo told Sky Sports.
‘That is my protected place. I felt wanted. It feels great. I need to be playing, that’s an important thing for me.
‘We’ve got a very good group here and we’re wanting to realize top things this 12 months. So that is one of the best place to be without delay.’
Semenyo has openly admitted that he’s an Arsenal fan but David James has told Metro that it doesn’t mean he shall be heading to the Emirates.
‘I find it irresistible once I hear that football players are fans of certain teams, because, you already know, being a fan doesn’t mean that you just’re there,’ the previous Bournemouth goalkeeper said.
‘You’ve not got your bedroom kitted out with posters of your favourite players on it. It’d just be that he likes their variety of play.’
James feels Semenyo’s next club will rely upon if he would like more game time or to win trophies.
‘I believe the query could be, where is he going to get game time?’ James added. ‘It’s the Premier League with five substitutes, [so] there’s all the time going to be game time [but] is it going to be the sport time that he wants, in comparison with Bournemouth? Or is it just purely about winning trophies?’
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