{"id":54716,"date":"2025-11-17T17:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=54716"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:20:24","slug":"manchester-city-are-watching-closely-a-top-flight-star-on-liverpools-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=54716","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City are \u201cwatching closely\u201d a top-flight star on Liverpool\u2019s radar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have reportedly started \u201cmonitoring\u201d Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo, with the Premier League champions quietly stepping up their search for attacking reinforcements ahead of next year, per Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Ghanaian winger has become one of the league\u2019s most dynamic and hard-working wide forwards, drawing attention from several major English clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool, under Arne Slot, are expected to target new attackers in the coming year and have been linked with the Bournemouth star. Manchester United are also understood to hold serious interest.<\/p>\n<p>Semenyo has always been known for his pace and dribbling, but this season he has added end product to his game, further elevating his profile.<\/p>\n<p>Antoine Semenyo\u2019s standout season<\/p>\n<p>Semenyo has netted six goals in 11 Premier League matches this season, so it\u2019s no shock to see England\u2019s top sides circling.<\/p>\n<p>Sources indicate that Manchester City\u2019s admiration isn\u2019t new\u2014Pep Guardiola\u2019s recruitment team have followed Semenyo since his stint in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola is known to prize versatile forwards capable of playing across the frontline, pressing aggressively, and covering huge distances tactically. Semenyo\u2019s explosive ball-carrying and tireless defensive work are believed to be major factors behind City\u2019s interest.<\/p>\n<p>City\u2019s pursuit could unsettle Semenyo<\/p>\n<p>The player isn\u2019t actively looking to leave Bournemouth, but interest from clubs of City\u2019s stature often signals that transfer discussions could heat up in the months ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have reportedly started \u201cmonitoring\u201d Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo, with the Premier League champions quietly stepping up their search for attacking reinforcements ahead of next year, per Sky Sports. The 25-year-old Ghanaian winger has become one of the league\u2019s most dynamic and hard-working wide forwards, drawing attention from several major English clubs. Liverpool, under &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":54717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/COS-FeaturedHero-Image-Templates-155-1200x722.jpg.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54718,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54716\/revisions\/54718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/54717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}