{"id":224658,"date":"2026-01-03T05:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/224658\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T05:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:02:10","slug":"semenyo-agreed-as-man-city-in-talks-to-hijack-liverpool-transfer-next-with-extraordinary-demand-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/224658\/","title":{"rendered":"Semenyo &#8216;agreed&#8217; as Man City &#8216;in talks&#8217; to hijack Liverpool transfer next with &#8216;extraordinary&#8217; demand set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Antoine Semenyo\u2019s move to Manchester City is reportedly \u2018agreed\u2019, while Pep Guardiola\u2019s side are also \u2018in talks\u2019 to sign Liverpool target Marc Guehi.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-city\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man City <\/a>are active in the transfer market at the start of January and are close to completing a major deal with AFC Bournemouth for Semenyo.<\/p>\n<p>The talented winger has been targeted by every Big Six club in recent weeks as he has been one of the standout performers in the Premier League this season, grabbing nine goals and three assists in 18 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool were initially mooted as a likely destination for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/antoine-semenyo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Semenyo <\/a>as they are said to be in the market for a winger to replace Mohamed Salah, but they preferred to wait until the summer and this opened the door for Man City.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, it has emerged that Man City have fended off competition from Manchester United to sign Semenyo in January, with talkSPORT revealing on Thursday evening that an \u2018agreement\u2019 has been reached between the Premier League giants and Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-arsenal-handed-title-advantage-man-city-sunderland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal handed title advantage but Man City and Sunderland show the right way to do a 0-0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Man City and Bournemouth are said to have \u2018held positive talks over the structure of payments\u2019 in recent days and there has been a \u2018breakthrough in negotiations\u2019 as a transfer \u2018edges closer\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The report adds:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Semenyo has already verbally agreed personal terms with City having favoured a move there over other Premier League sides.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Blues were keen on a move, but pulled out of the running for Semenyo, who is now on the cusp of sealing his switch to the Etihad Stadium. Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur were also linked with the Ghana international.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Man City do not appear to be stopping there, though. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/indykaila\/status\/2006863280967720963\" target=\"_blank\">A transfer insider on X has claimed<\/a> that they are also \u2018in talks\u2019 to sign Guehi.<\/p>\n<p>MORE MAN CITY COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/every-premier-league-club-worst-january-signing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Every club\u2019s worst January signing \u2013 including \u2018the most expensive player ever in terms of cost per game\u2019<\/a><br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/guardiola-leaves-newcastle-maresca-arsenal-double-2026-predictions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guardiola leaves, Newcastle appoint Maresca, Arsenal win Double and other football predictions for 2026<\/a><br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/feature-semenyo-to-man-city-transfer-dominoes-five-moves-spurs-liverpool-arsenal-palace-bournemouth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Transfer dominoes: Five moves set in motion by Man City signing Semenyo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guehi has been linked with several elite clubs in recent months as his contract at Crystal Palace expires in the summer and he will leave.<\/p>\n<p>In the summer, Liverpool came close to signing Guehi as they agreed a \u00a335m deal on deadline day, but Crystal Palace pulled the plug as they had no time to sign a suitable replacement.<\/p>\n<p>It has been widely reported that the Reds remain interested in signing Guehi with the view to signing him on a free transfer in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Guehi is likely to wait until the summer to increase his options, but the insider has claimed that a potential move to Liverpool, Man City or another big club in January hinges on an \u2018extraordinary\u2019 demand.<\/p>\n<p>They said: \u2018Exclusive: We understand @ManCity will complete the signing of Antoine Semenyo in the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Our sources state that #mcfc are in talks with @cpfc regarding Marc Gu\u00e9hi.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Marc Gu\u00e9hi himself is in no rush to leave in January unless an extraordinary contract is offered.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Antoine Semenyo\u2019s move to Manchester City is reportedly \u2018agreed\u2019, while Pep Guardiola\u2019s side are also \u2018in talks\u2019 to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[82622,15135,3164,1100,61,60,1101,8579,3165,43,1102,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-224658","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-crystal-palace","11":"tag-home-page","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-liverpool","15":"tag-manchester-city","16":"tag-marc-guehi","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-premier-league","19":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224658","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=224658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}