Jamie Redknapp Reveals Source of Semenyo to Liverpool “Twist”

As Antoine Semenyo closed in on his switch to Man Metropolis, there have been claims of a late “twist” from former Liverpool participant Jamie Redknapp, however he admitted he “obtained it utterly fallacious.”

Semenyo signed with Metropolis in a deal price £62.5 million final week, and he has since gone on to make two appearances, scoring twice and offering an help.

He was a participant many hoped would be part of Liverpool, and for a quick second Redknapp would have supplied hope after making a stunning “little twist” declare on Sky Sports activities earlier than the transfer was finalised.

“I’ve heard tonight that it may not 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 just a little twist,” Redknapp mentioned.

“I believed I changed into Fabrizio Romano for about 5 seconds” ?

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There was to be no late Liverpool try at hijacking the deal, and after having the enjoyable poked at him throughout Metropolis’s win over Newcastle on Tuesday night, Redknapp pointed the finger at his dad, Harry.

“I heard there was going to be a twist! And there wasn’t! I’m not going to lie, Mark [Chapman]typically you get data from individuals, and also you count on higher,” Redknapp mentioned on Sky Sports activities’ protection.

“On this event, my dad referred to as me, he was at Bournemouth when he [Semenyo] scored that unbelievable aim [vs. Tottenham]and he mentioned ‘I believe there is likely to be a twist and he is likely to be going to Liverpool’.

“I believed ‘I’m going to say that on air’. I believed I had changed into Fabrizio Romano for 5 seconds, and I obtained it utterly fallacious!”

Redknapp was most actually led astray by his father, who has earlier and a protracted historical past with Bournemouth, having served as their supervisor between 1983 and 1992. You’ll be able to guess he’ll assume twice subsequent time.

It was, nonetheless, a deal many anticipated Liverpool to be within the combine for, however experiences proceed to keep up that Liverpool won’t be busy including to their squad this month.

January switch window: Liverpool NOT anticipated to signal defender

Regardless of shedding each Giovanni Leoni and Conor Bradley to season-ending knee accidents, the membership are usually not anticipated to signal a defender this month, because it stands.

Crystal Palace‘s Marc Guehi stays on the prime of the wishlist after his deal collapsed in the summertime however, in response to The Athletic‘s David Ornstein, a January deal is seen as unlikely.

The Athletic’s James Pearce then added that the membership’s expectation is that Guehi won’t go away Selhurst Park till his contract expires on the finish of the season.

Pearce writes: “A January transfer hasn’t been deemed reasonable, as a result of type of monetary bundle it could take to aim to purchase a participant who’s out of contract in simply 5 months.”