The transfer of winter. This Friday, Antoine Semenyo became one of the most expensive winter recruits in the history of football. Manchester City paid nearly 75 million euros to snatch the Ghana international from Bournemouth. Author of 10 goals and 3 assists in 20 Premier League matches with the Cherries this season, the 26-year-old winger has signed up until 2031 with the Skyblues.
Pep Guardiola thus recovers a “powerful, fast, strong, clinical” player, as the main interested party described himself during an interview posted on the Mancunians’ social networks. The latter did not skimp on communication.
It must be said that they set up the seventh most expensive transaction in the history of the winter transfer window, behind those concerning Philippe Coutinho (€135 million), Enzo Fernandez (€121 million), Virgil Van Djik (€84.65 million), Dusan Vlahovic (€83.5 million), John Duran (€77 million) and Omar Marmoush (€75 million), as noted by Transfermarkt.
A victorious goal to finish
After the Egyptian Marmoush, this is the second winter window in a row during which the Cityzens have achieved such a movement. They attract a player with full confidence, still euphoric from his winning goal scored during his last minutes spent in the colors of Bournemouth against Tottenham (3-2) on Wednesday.
Semenyo revealed himself during the Cherries’ good 2024-2025 season, at the end of which many elements coached by Andoni Iraola were plundered by more renowned European clubs. Paris Saint-Germain, for example, welcomed Ilya Zabarnyi last summer.
