According to reports, \u2018three major reasons\u2019 have prevented Manchester City-bound Antoine Semenyo from joining Liverpool in next month\u2019s transfer window.<\/p>\n
Semenyo <\/a>has been one of the standout performers in the Premier League at the start of this campaign as he has taken his performances to another level.<\/p>\n Bournemouth are on a dire run of ten matches without a win, but Semenyo has grabbed nine goals and three assists in his 18 Premier League appearances this term.<\/p>\n Therefore, it\u2019s hardly surprising that the talented winger has attracted interest from Big Six sides, with a January transfer always inevitable due to this competition and his \u00a365m release clause.<\/p>\n Liverpool <\/a>were initially mooted as a likely destination for Semenyo, but they have stepped back in recent weeks as Man City have moved to the front of the queue for his signature.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Liverpool vs Leeds predictions: Calvert-Lewin to continue scoring run at shaky Anfield<\/a><\/p>\n In recent days, Man City have accelerated to finalise a deal with Bournemouth for Semenyo, who is said to be close to \u2018full agreement\u2019 over a move to the Etihad.<\/a><\/p>\n Semenyo has been mooted as an ideal long-term replacement for Mohamed Salah, so ex-Liverpool star Jermaine Pennant has hit out at his former club for not signing him.<\/a><\/p>\n Now, a report from journalist James Marshment for our pals at TEAMtalk has revealed<\/a> \u2018three major reasons\u2019 why Liverpool opted against signing Semenyo.<\/p>\n This is firstly to do with Liverpool\u2019s \u00a3400m+ spend on signings in the summer, with \u2018FSG understood to be more than happy not to make any further investments as Arne Slot strives to get a consistent tune out of his squad, already going through a transformative phase\u2019.<\/p>\n MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 Regarding the remaining two reasons, the report explains: \u2018And while the departure of Mo Salah in the January window could have changed Liverpool\u2019s approach, we understand that sporting director Richard Hughes has made it clear the Egyptian will not be allowed to depart in the winter, though there remains some debate over whether that stance could change come the summer window.<\/p>\n \u2018While we can confirm Liverpool are big admirers of Semenyo and Hughes had been keen to bring the 25-year-old to Anfield, their interest would only have been triggered come the summer window had the player still been on the market.\u2019<\/p>\n The same report claims Liverpool have \u2018made it clear\u2019 that \u2018any January transfers full stop are considered unlikely at this stage\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, \u2018three major reasons\u2019 have prevented Manchester City-bound Antoine Semenyo from joining Liverpool in next month\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[82622,15135,1100,61,60,1101,8579,43,1102,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-221198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-antoine-semenyo","9":"tag-bournemouth","10":"tag-home-page","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-manchester-city","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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