Antoine Semenyo wanted by “important figures” at Liverpool – report claims – Liverpool FC

Liverpool have been usually linked with Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo heading into the summer season switch window, with it now claimed “vital figures” wished him.

Semenyo has continued his excellent kind on Bournemouth‘s flanks to date this season, with six targets and three assists in eight appearances.

That features a brace within the 4-2 defeat to Liverpool which kicked off the Premier League marketing campaign – an evening marred by one house supporter’s racist abuse of the Ghana worldwide.

His performances in these early months of the season might lead these at Anfield to marvel what may have been, given claims of their curiosity.

In line with the Telegraph‘s Sam Dean, there have been “vital figures” at Liverpool who noticed Semenyo because the “very best signing” in the summertime.

If true, the choice was clearly made to prioritise the centre-forward place with a mixed £204 million spend on Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike.

Sources instructed This Is Anfield {that a} alternative was not hunted for Luis Diaz on the left wing because of the membership’s religion in Rio Ngumoha.

In the meantime Arne Slot considers Jeremie Frimpong and Federico Chiesa as cowl for assured starter Mohamed Salah on the proper.

However two months into the season there’s a sense that Semenyo would have been the right addition, notably given his versatility: to date this time period he has 4 targets and an help without any consideration winger and two targets, two assists from the left.

Bournemouth maintain all of the playing cards with Semenyo

It was nevertheless maintained that Bournemouth wouldn’t promote all of their main belongings in a single window, with Dean Huijsen, Milos Kerkez and Ilya Zabarnyi all departing together with attacker Dango Ouattara.

Semenyo as an alternative signed a brand new five-year contract on July 1, tying him to Dean Courtroom till 2030 however seemingly on the understanding that he could possibly be allowed to go away sooner or later for the proper charge.

Whether or not Liverpool would revisit their curiosity stays to be seen, but when the 25-year-old does transfer it will virtually definitely be for a club-record charge so far as Bournemouth are involved.

With Salah turning 34 subsequent summer season – by which level he may have a yr left on his present deal – and doubts over the long-term way forward for Chiesa, a brand new winger might quickly grow to be a precedence.