Antoine Semenyo Responds Directly To Premier League Transfer Speculation

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Antoine Semenyo has been 1 of nan champion players successful nan Premier League this season, and though a move distant from Bournemouth could materialize successful nan early he revealed he’s happy he stayed put pinch nan Cherries for 2025–26.

Many believed nan electrifying attacker was bound to time off Bournemouth. Scoring double-digit goals for nan first clip successful his profession a play agone prompted galore of nan league’s powerhouses to travel knocking.

Though a transportation ne'er materialized, talk surrounding his early hasn’t stopped, thing he admitted he’s alert of.

“I effort to enactment coming arsenic overmuch arsenic I can,” Semenyo told Sky Sports. “You spot nan news each nan time, I spot it arsenic well. I’m not oblivious but I effort to enactment focused. I don’t deliberation astir it excessively much.”

“I’m enjoying my shot here. If I’m not scoring goals, each of that goes away. I effort to enactment present, do nan champion I tin for nan team, people goals and immoderate happens successful nan early happens.”

The Ghana international’s 9 Premier League extremity involvements this word are nan astir of immoderate subordinate extracurricular of Erling Haaland. With six goals done 10 appearances, only nan prolific Manchester City centre guardant has recovered nan backmost of nan nett much times than Semenyo this season.

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Antoine Semenyo (right) has reached different level playing nether Andoni Iraola. / Catherine IvillAMA/Getty Images

The 25-year-old garnered plentifulness of attraction during nan summertime transportation window, pinch Manchester United even submitting a £50 cardinal ($66.6 million) bid to effort to lure him to Old Trafford.

Unlike erstwhile Bournemouth teammates Dean Huijsen, Milos Kerkez and Illya Zabarnyi—who each secured big-money transfers elsewhere—Semenyo stayed put, admitting a batch of it had to do pinch his religion successful head Andoni Iraola.

“There was a batch of liking and back-and-fourth pinch nan nine [over a imaginable transfer],” Semenyo said. “But I knew successful my caput that nan manager's sewage thing up his sleeve this year. How we vanished disconnected nan play past twelvemonth was truthful bully and we could continue, particularly pinch nan players we've bought successful arsenic well.”

Semenyo’s spot successful Iraola has paid dividends truthful far. He’s disconnected to nan champion commencement of a play successful his profession and Bournemouth person been 1 of nan main storylines of nan run truthful far, presently sitting 4th successful nan Premier League table.

“He’s unbelievable [Iraola] honestly,” Semenyo told Jamie Redknapp. “As everyone embedded into what his playing style was, it’s conscionable been unbelievable. It’s conscionable relentless and I deliberation everyone’s into it.”

Given his property and really he’s continued to develop, Semenyo has go 1 of nan astir sought-after players successful England and transportation speculation will only summation moving forward. For now, though, Semenyo has nary regrets astir opting to enactment put astatine Vitality Stadium.

“I’m gladsome I committed to staying present because I'm enjoying each moment.”