{"id":235239,"date":"2026-01-09T01:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/235239\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T01:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:46:07","slug":"man-city-set-to-unveil-semenyo-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/235239\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City set to unveil Semenyo on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have completed the signing of Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth and an official announcement will be made on Friday, it is understood.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old winger is understood to have signed a five-and-a-half year contract at the Etihad Stadium after the clubs agreed an initial fee of \u00a362.5 million (\u20ac72.1m).<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana international has scored 10 goals and provided three assists for the Cherries in the Premier League this season.<\/p>\n<p>His final act for the south coast club was a stunning stoppage-time winner in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/soccer\/2026\/0107\/1551938-premier-league-wrap-andrews-bees-buzz-spurs-struggle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a 3-2 victory over Tottenham on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Semenyo had been linked with a number of Premier League clubs but City stepped up their interest as the January transfer window approached.<\/p>\n<p>The formalities of the move, including a medical, were completed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He will provide a boost to City&#8217;s attack at a key stage in the title race after recent signs of faltering with three successive draws at the start of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>His arrival also bolsters Pep Guardiola&#8217;s squad at a time when numbers are low due to injuries and international call-ups.<\/p>\n<p>London-born Semenyo moves after three years at the Vitality Stadium. He began his career as a teenager with Bristol City and has previously had loan spells with Newport and Sunderland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City have completed the signing of Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth and an official announcement will be made&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-235239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235239","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=235239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}