Liverpool are accelerating efforts to complete the signing of Bournemouth star Antoine Semenyo Florian Plettenberg.
The 25-year-old is one of many success stories of players who flourished in the Premier League after leaving the Championship.
His transfer to the Vitality Stadium has been since the completion of a A £10.5m move in January 2023as he has scored 28 goals and provided 13 assists since moving from Bristol City.
After a productive 2024-2025 season, in which he scored 20 goals in all competitions, he has carried that momentum into the new season. He has already managed six goals and three assists in 12 league games, with only Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Brentford’s Igor Thiago scoring more than Semenyo so far.
It is no surprise that interest in the Ghanaian winger has grown, with Liverpool now looking to accelerate efforts to sign him ahead of other rivals.
So says football transfer expert Florian Plettenbergwho claims the Premier League champions are now ‘seriously working’ on completing a deal to sign Semenyo.
The report adds that the Merseyside giants are aware of Bournemouth’s valuation at £61 million and have now entered into ‘concrete discussions’ to complete the deal for the London-born Ghanaian international winger.
While there is stiff competition from several Premier League clubs for Semenyo, Liverpool remain keen to sign the 25-year-old ahead of their rivals, according to the journalist.
Semenyo to Liverpool
In the summer, big name players such as Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak have yet to live up to expectations, with both Isak and Wirtz still looking for their first Premier League goals.
Their attacking weaknesses were once again exposed in their last Premier League match as they suffered a humiliating 3-0 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest.
As a result, the Reds have now suffered six defeats in their first twelve Premier League games, including only the second, the first coming in the 2014-15 season. They are also only the fourth defending champions to start a season with six or more defeats in the first twelve games, after Blackburn Rovers in 1995–96 (6), Chelsea in 2015–16 (7) and Leicester City in 2016–17 (6).
Reinforcements are needed now, especially with Mohamed Salah underperforming, and the possibility of an exit remains.
Semenyo would be a key signing for the Reds, providing an immediate upgrade in attack while providing a seamless long-term successor on the right wing once Salah eventually leaves the club.
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