Liverpool ‘considering January transfer’ for Antoine Semenyo – Liverpool FC

Liverpool are reportedly contemplating a transfer for winger Antoine Semenyo as early as January, with the information of a launch clause in his contract at Bournemouth.

Semenyo has been in sensational kind to date this season, with six targets and three assists in 9 video games for Bournemouth in addition to serving to Ghana qualify for the World Cup.

That has sparked extra hypothesis over his future at Dean Courtroom, regardless of signing a brand new five-year contract together with his present membership in the summertime.

Liverpool have been credibly linked with the 25-year-old on various events and now The i Paper‘s Mark Douglas claims they may make a transfer in January.

Douglas – a dependable supply in terms of Bournemouth – writes that the Premier League champions are “contemplating whether or not to push the button” within the winter window.

This comes with Mohamed Salah presently struggling for consistency, however extra importantly the Egyptian can also be set to depart for the mid-season Africa Cup of Nations.

Salah might miss as many as eight video games – together with a visit to title rivals Arsenal – if he helps his nation progress to the ultimate, with the match kicking off on December 21 and concluding on January 18.

Semenyo is not going to be concerned at AFCON as Ghana didn’t qualify, making him a extra enticing prospect in terms of a January switch.

Moreover, it’s defined that Bournemouth agreed a launch clause within the new deal their No. 24 signed in July, although the phrases are usually not publicly recognized at this stage.

Semenyo’s launch clause is beneath £100m

Given Liverpool’s connections on the south coast, nevertheless, not least sporting director Richard Hughes and scouts Mark Burchill and Craig McKee, it’s attainable that particulars of that launch clause could possibly be extra simply obtained.

Douglas explains that whereas there have been solutions Semenyo would solely transfer for upwards of £100 million, the set payment is decrease than that.

Additionally it is famous that Bournemouth‘s asking value over the summer time was £75 million.

Bournemouth are understandably wanting to retain their prime goalscorer for at the very least the rest of the season, and their wonderful kind – presently fourth within the Premier League – might but persuade Semenyo to remain.

Liverpool are usually not alone of their curiosity, with Man United, Tottenham and a “crop of abroad golf equipment” additionally linked with a participant who’s classed as homegrown within the English prime flight.