Manchester Metropolis have held talks with Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo, talkSPORT understands.
Metropolis are considered one of quite a few Premier League large hitters serious about triggering Semenyo’s launch clause of between £60million and £65m.
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Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham are additionally actively pursuing January offers for the Ghana worldwide.
talkSPORT understands Arsenal are open to a transfer in the event that they offload a winger subsequent month, though the Gunners predict a quiet switch window.
Metropolis have stolen a march on their top-flight rivals by opening talks with Semenyo two weeks earlier than the winter window opens.
Supervisor Pep Guardiola is at the moment with out wingers Jeremy Doku and Oscar Bobb as a result of damage, whereas Omar Marmoush is on AFCON responsibility with Egypt.
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Semenyo will probably be accessible all through the winter after Ghana didn’t qualify for AFCON.
The 25-year-old is the joint-third-highest scorer within the Premier League this season with seven objectives in 15 video games.
He signed a brand new five-year take care of Bournemouth earlier this 12 months and is regarded as calm about his future regardless of continuous hypothesis.
Semenyo returned to the scoresheet within the current 4-4 draw with Manchester United after eight video games with no purpose in all competitions.
Bournemouth supervisor Andoni Iraola has been pressured to bat away questions on Semenyo’s future all through the season.
Talking in November, the Cherries boss stated: “Antoine is our participant, he’ll proceed being our participant. In January, you’ll be able to ask me concerning the market in January, however proper now I am not nervous concerning the subsequent markets.
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“It is one thing that particularly you already know that I hate to speak about in August, January, the moments when the market is open, however it’s not a type of moments. It is November.
“I am extra nervous concerning the state of affairs of the gamers to play tomorrow, the short-term, the issues that basically matter and in January, we’ll discuss no matter occurs, the gamers we’d like. However it’s not one thing that I am nervous about as we speak.”
talkSPORT verdict: Alex Criminal (chief soccer correspondent)
I feel the Semenyo state of affairs goes to be a giant speaking level. Actually for the primary half of January.
We solely broke the information that he had a launch clause in his contract that does certainly turn into energetic within the January switch window.
There’s a cut-off level, I feel round about midway by means of the month, by which golf equipment have to activate it.
We all know that Liverpool are eager. There’s clearly a hyperlink there with Richard Hughes – the sporting director who signed Semenyo from Bristol Metropolis for Bournemouth within the first place.
Manchester United are actually within the race as nicely – and Tottenham – though I would make them outsiders at this second in time.
