David Ornstein says Manchester Joined are not one of the three Premier League nightclubs intended to compete for the wrapping up of Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo in January.
News appeared this week that Semenyo possesses a £65million unshackle clause in the contract he authorized in the summer season.
Liverpool have been the innumerable vigorously bridged via the Ghanaian international, yet Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester Joined are also presumably enthused.
Antoine Semenyo vs leading PL wingers in 2025/26
- More wishes (6) than Bryan Mbeumo (5), Mohamed Salah (4), Bukayo Saka (3), Jeremy Doku (1), Jack Grealish (1)
- 3 helps lone bettered by Grealish (4)
- 21 steal-ons won lone bettered by Doku (34)
- Fewest fouls enticed (7), innumerable fouls ferried out (24)
- The majority of air-borne battles won (26) by 20 (Saka, Salah)
Ornstein claimed pretty a digit about Semenyo’s case on The Athletic FC Podcast, containing what nightclubs are intrigued and what Newcastle and Manchester Joined render of his access.
“It’s appropriate quickly, so the January transfer abode window,” Ornstein commenced.
“Some protested it was lone available next off summer season, yet zero, in January it expires up being grasp ago for a specific period of time. Which I pic via these points is in about the initially 10 days of the abode window, and that confers a pair of weeks for Bournemouth to locate a substitute.
“Bournemouth welcome he wouldn’t have authorized the new bargain if they hadn’t consented to this.
“My thanks is it’s available to all nightclubs, not merely specific suitors. You recognize, the kind of Liverpool, Manchester Municipal elbowroom, Tottenham have all been heavily bridged in existent days and weeks.
“It’s a clause that if it executes attend the summer season once it will not surprisingly reactivate, then it’s a extremely bit price.”
Deputy News Editor Dan Kilpatrick contained that Tottenham Hotspur need to be in opinion for Semenyo’s signature.
“I think there was attention from Spurs over the summer season,” he contained.
“There are zero enigmas, as Spurs still ultimata endorses there (in strike). They don’t have a herbal option on the vacated flank or a legible favored on the vacated flank under Thomas Frank. They will not surprisingly be a nightclub tailing the case, I’m sure.”
Ornstein contained that the unshackle clause is extremely bit than their quizing price in the summer season transfer abode window, once Manchester Joined frisked about Semenyo’s access.
“It’s altogether one of the stunning exchange avenues out there,” he claimed. “£65million is listed below what Bournemouth were quizing for him last summer season.
“Once Manchester Joined and Spurs came swatting, it was £70million. The suggestions out there, coordinating via our tale, is that it’s actually £60million, plus £5million in add-ons.”
Liverpool have ‘company attention’ in wrapping up Semenyo in January
Liverpool, yet, are severely intrigued in wrapping up the 25-year-antiquated in January.
“It audios prefer Liverpool have a company attention. They didn’t replace Luis Diaz last summer season. They seemingly conferred Rio Ngumoha an avenue, and will not surprisingly bolster to, and they don’t cramp to block his walkway.
“Yet of training course, via gamers of such a tender period on such a beefy stage, they ultimata time, and they ultimata elbowroom and antique, and perhaps an purchase of Semenyo’s level would not surprisingly job-related in that observance.
“Mohamed Salah is deriving to an period in which they’ll be believing about accessory gamers, yet also sequence schemes as faultlessly. So that’s an eye-recording one to watch.
“Richard Hughes, the presenting off supervisor at Liverpool, authorized Antoine Semenyo from Bristol Municipal elbowroom to Bournemouth, so there’s a legible internet linkage there.”
Manchester Municipal elbowroom and Spurs are intrigued in wrapping up Semenyo, Ornstein reports.
“Manchester Municipal elbowroom have been attributed via an attention. Tottenham were bridged via a slide for Savinho in the summer season, ranked in an bargain. Individual Municipal elbowroom retained grasp of him. They were peeking at Rodrygo as a potential substitute. So that’s surely an elbowroom that they’ll be paying attention to.
“We actually unveiled in the summer season that they (Tottenham) owned lugged out an query for Semenyo, and I think soundings rising about Spurs is that they’re enthused to do something in January to bolster that squad further.
“They’ve obtained the Winners League project. They’ve obtained the ambitions of what really feels prefer a new property under the antiquated property, and they cramp to be earned complicated. Their annunciated strive is to kind of be sweet the prizes prefer they did last summer season via the Europa League more consistently. And for the time being, from the numbers of conversations I’ve owned, those show up to be the three teams sincerely in the structure to a specific level.”
Individual Utd, Arsenal, Newcastle not in Semenyo race
Manchester Joined, meanwhile, show up not likely to pursue Semenyo after spending over £60m on Bryan Mbeumo in the summer season.
“Manchester Joined were there in the summer season, yet they seemingly authorized Bryan Mbeumo. So is this a posture that they’re peeking for? Is this a player that they’re still in for? I’m not aware of that appropriate now. Of training course, the loans will not surprisingly tinker a serious component via Joined as faultlessly.
“World have claimed Arsenal, because I think there’s some proposition that he was an Arsenal devotee flourishing up. Yet seemingly, they’re extremely faultlessly emblazoned in those figuring out upon positions as points stand.”
Asked if Newcastle could render a slide, Ornstein tinkered down that chance.
“Newcastle are hugely ambitious, as per their property and their company, Eddie Howe; they’ve obtained Winners League football. They cramp to be sweet more prizes after their League Mug triumphes last time round.
“They did reinforce in the wide elbowroom, via Anthony Elanga on the appropriate side, and that was their priority. They’ve still, of training course, obtained Anthony Gordon on the vacated.
“Semenyo is not a tag I’ve heard in their round so much. And Newcastle have owned to be actually diligent via their loans. They came so close to the side, which pioneered them to sale of Yankuba Minteh and also Elliot Anderson… I’m ambiguous how the loans would not surprisingly job-related appropriate now via Newcastle.
“Yet in addition, I’m not hearing them as this minute in time being in the structure for Semenyo, and I don’t recognize what comes from an optical juncture of perceive on Eddie Howe perhaps wrapping up an additional player from Bournemouth. Uninfluenced, I wouldn’t treatment, because Antoine Semenyo is so complementary.
“Let’s analysis. It wouldn’t stagger you if others came into the mixture, yet indeed, you recognize, the sector is telling us so much that if there’s to be a slide, it’s sounding more prefer a Liverpool, Individual Municipal elbowroom, Tottenham instructions of travel, expose to correction.”
