{"id":374901,"date":"2025-12-28T23:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/374901\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T23:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:04:08","slug":"antoine-semenyo-bournemouth-forward-wants-future-resolved-by-1-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/374901\/","title":{"rendered":"Antoine Semenyo: Bournemouth forward wants future resolved by 1 January"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antoine Semenyo’s future is entering a crucial 48 hours, with the Bournemouth<\/a> attacker eager to have his departure concluded by 1 January.<\/p>\n

BBC Sport reported last week<\/a> that Manchester City<\/a>‘s move for the player, who has a \u00a365m release clause, is at an advanced stage following discussions between his representatives and the Etihad club.<\/p>\n

It is understood further discussions between parties are scheduled to take place in the next two days with a view to wrapping up Semenyo’s move to the Etihad.<\/p>\n

But until a deal is signed, Semenyo’s future remains open.<\/p>\n

Indeed, it still remains to be seen as to whether Liverpool<\/a> formalise their interest in Semenyo following the injury suffered by Alexander Isak.<\/p>\n

The Anfield club are among five sides who have enquired about the Ghana international, alongside City, Manchester United<\/a>, Tottenham<\/a> and Chelsea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite City’s acceleration, well-placed sources have indicated that Liverpool<\/a> retain an interest in the attacker, with the transfer window due to open on 1 January.<\/p>\n

As things stand, City are the only club to have made formal club-to-club contact with Bournemouth<\/a> about Semenyo, although Liverpool<\/a> sporting director Richard Hughes has close links to the south-coast club have worked at the Vitality Stadium.<\/p>\n

Semenyo wants his future concluded as soon as possible – well in advance of 10 January, when the release clause mechanism in his contract elapses until the summer.<\/p>\n

Sources have indicated that Bournemouth<\/a> would prefer to keep Semenyo for their first two games of 2026 – against Arsenal<\/a> on 3 January and Tottenham<\/a> four days later – before sanctioning his departure.<\/p>\n

Semenyo will turn 26 on 7 January, and there is a recognition that he is entering the prime of his career.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, it is understood he will prioritise a club he believes can provide him with what he views as the most suitable project to compete for major trophies on a long-term basis.<\/p>\n

The location and impact on his family will also be contributing factors in his decision and it is understood he does not want the saga to become a drawn-out process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Antoine Semenyo’s future is entering a crucial 48 hours, with the Bournemouth attacker eager to have his departure…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-374901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}