Semenyo to Man City for £64m Despite Liverpool ‘Twist’

Antoine Semenyo is because of be a part of Man Metropolis in a deal price £64 million regardless of claims on Wednesday night time that there may very well be a late “twist” involving Liverpool.

Semenyo scored a dramatic late winner on his ultimate look for Bournemouth on Wednesday, firing in from exterior the field to earn a 3-2 victory over Tottenham.

It served as the right send-off for a participant who many hoped could be becoming a member of Liverpool within the January switch window.

However as an alternative the 26-year-old winger is present process a medical on Thursday forward of an preliminary £62.5 million transfer to rivals Man Metropolis.

The Athletic‘s David Ornstein experiences that the deal doesn’t concerned Semenyo’s launch clause being triggered, with the 2 golf equipment as an alternative brokering an settlement which can earn Bournemouth barely extra as a result of cost construction.

Semenyo’s transfer to the Etihad ought to be confirmed this week, with experiences on Thursday morning pulling the rug out from underneath Jamie Redknapp after shocking claims on Sky Sports activities.

What Jamie Redknapp stated about Antoine Semenyo Liverpool switch ‘twist’

Redknapp, who performed for each Bournemouth and Liverpool, claimed through the broadcast of the win over Tottenham that he had “heard there is likely to be a bit of little bit of a twist.”

“I believe Liverpool might nonetheless be within the equation,” he claimed.

“Why they haven’t are available maybe as strongly, I’m fairly shocked, as a result of for those who have a look at that place, with Mohamed Salah, for those who’ve received a participant of that high quality [like Semenyo]why wouldn’t you be in for him?

“I’m not saying this can be a Sky Sports activities ‘breaking information’ second, however I’ve heard tonight that it won’t be the foregone conclusion that everybody’s speaking about and he’s going to have a medical at Man Metropolis.

“There would possibly nonetheless be a bit of twist.”

The i Paper‘s Mark Douglas – a dependable supply with regards to Bournemouth – was amongst these to reply on X by insisting that there could be “no twist.”

Redknapp is correct, in fact, in questioning precisely why Liverpool haven’t pursued a deal for Semenyo, who is that this season’s third-top scorer within the Premier League with 10 targets and might play throughout the entrance line.

Liverpool spent closely on Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirtz over the summer season however nonetheless left Arne Slot in need of huge choices.

That has been magnified since Salah’s absence from the aspect and a wrestle for type for Cody Gakpo on the left wing, with neither Federico Chiesa nor Rio Ngumoha trusted to start out commonly.