Manchester Metropolis are near agreeing phrases with Bournemouth to signal Antoine Semenyo for £65m – however Andoni Iraola insists the ahead has “undoubtedly not” performed his final sport for the Cherries.
Metropolis’s transfer for the Ghana ahead, 25, is at a complicated stage with talks over the previous 48 hours geared toward closing the finer particulars of the deal.
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They’ve agreed to satisfy Semenyo’s £65m launch clause, whereas the participant’s representatives had been in Manchester on Monday finalising private phrases.
Discussions continued on Tuesday, with sources indicating a complete settlement is now shut with the January switch window as a result of open on Thursday.
Semenyo, who performed the total 90 minutes of the on Tuesday, has been
Nonetheless, Iraola is adamant the attacker will play towards Arsenal on Saturday, 3 January.
“He’s a large participant for us and he’ll nonetheless be with us,” the Bournemouth boss advised BBC Match of the Day.
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“It’s not the final sport he has performed for us, undoubtedly not.”
Sources have advised BBC Sport Bournemouth need him to play towards the Gunners after which Tottenham on Wednesday, 7 January earlier than the discharge mechanism in his deal elapses on 10 January.
As reported by BBC Sport on Sunday, Liverpool retain an curiosity in Semenyo however, until the Premier League champions launch a late bid, he’s heading to Metropolis.
Regardless of curiosity from 5 golf equipment, together with Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham, Metropolis stay the one one to have made formal contact with Bournemouth.
‘It’s like shedding two or three gamers’
Semenyo joined Bournemouth from Bristol Metropolis in 2023 for a price in extra of £10m [Getty Images]
Though Semenyo conceded a penalty within the draw at Chelsea, he confirmed what Bournemouth can be lacking ought to he go away along with his two lengthy throws into the field resulting in the guests’ two objectives.
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On the finish of the match, he applauded the away followers in what gave the impression to be a goodbye to them, with a number of of his team-mates additionally coming over to hug him.
Semenyo has scored 9 objectives and supplied three assists for Bournemouth this season, and team-mate David Brooks stated his departure can be an enormous loss.
“I am not going to take a seat right here and say he would not go away a gap,” the Wales worldwide advised BBC Match of the Day.
“He is our high scorer and he is been a really, excellent participant for us over the previous couple of years.
“Everybody loves Ants in our group and if he’ll be part of another person we want him all the most effective, he is earned it.”
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Former Chelsea and Blackburn striker Chris Sutton added on BBC Radio 5 Stay: “Three and a half excellent seasons as a Bournemouth participant – the problem Andoni Iraola’s bought is how do you change him? How do you change his numbers?
“An outstanding participant who’ll go along with the Bournemouth followers’ finest needs. He is been a high participant for them.”
Ex-Aston Villa and Manchester United striker Dion Dublin stated Semenyo’s exit would really feel like shedding greater than only one participant for Bournemouth.
“As a supervisor you may suppose to your self, ‘convey the cash in, I again myself as a coach’, and I am positive Iraola does,” he added.
“However Semenyo is such an enormous participant that it’s like shedding two or three gamers.”