Antoine Semenyo | Prefers to join City - Ornstein (p73)

[Coatigan]

The scenes when we sign him, and Pep puts Savinho on ahead of him.

 

[TurboDuo]

Sunderland is on the 1st, window opens on the 1st... even if we sealed the dela ay 00:01 on thr 1st, he cant be registered in time for Sunderland

I might be proper deluded when it comes to Semenyo, but the lad’s a different breed

 

[clarion]

Getting some Txiki vibes we will walk away on January 31st :)

Hugo, please suprise us all

 

[Jimbob]

Getting some Txiki vibes we will walk away on January 31st :)

Hugo, please suprise us all

Why?! It's not exactly like we could have signed him at any point in the last week or so, he was always going to play yesterday, Bournemouth don't want to lose him.

 

[foggy1974]

Wouldn't mind Semenyo straight in against Sunderland, and no, I'm not even taking the piss. Injuries and AFCON have absolutely killed us. We’ve got zero options off the bench when we’re chasing a game. Only way we turn this around without a quick fix like Semenyo is if Doku is back tomorrow. Without him, we’ve got no teeth upfront. It’s a proper tough run coming up, far too many fixtures to be relying on what we've currently got.

Didnt Pep say Doku would be back for Sunderland

I'd hope Semenyo would be on the bench for Sunderland, but wonder if we are trying to lower the fee so he stay at Bournemouth until the 10th

 

[PragueBlue]

Didnt Pep say Doku would be back for Sunderland

I'd hope Semenyo would be on the bench for Sunderland, but wonder if we are trying to lower the fee so he stay at Bournemouth until the 10th

Surely we wouldn't be able to register him in time as we play Sunderland on the 1st and we can't sign him before then.

 

[foggy1974]

Surely we wouldn't be able to register him in time as we play Sunderland on the 1st and we can't sign him before then.

You can sign players outside of the window but i'm not 100% sure if you can register them before the start of the window. We're not a cartel club so wouldn't have the rules bent for us

 

[PragueBlue]

You can sign players outside of the window but i'm not 100% sure if you can register them before the start of the window. We're not a cartel club so wouldn't have the rules bent for us

Pretty sure you can't.

 

[foggy1974]

Pretty sure you can't.

Fair enough

 

[Nightmare Walking]

Didnt Pep say Doku would be back for Sunderland

I'd hope Semenyo would be on the bench for Sunderland, but wonder if we are trying to lower the fee so he stay at Bournemouth until the 10th

Why would we try and lower the fee when someone else will just pay the release clause?

 

[IrishBloodEnglishHeart]

Didnt Pep say Doku would be back for Sunderland

I'd hope Semenyo would be on the bench for Sunderland, but wonder if we are trying to lower the fee so he stay at Bournemouth until the 10th

What if he gets injured at Bournemouth and then the whole deal is off?

 

[richards30]

Semenyo, Cherki, Foden, Doku and Haaland as a front 5 could be fun!

 

[come-on-barney]

What if he gets injured at Bournemouth and then the whole deal is off?

I think that’s why he’s pushing out to be out on the 1st January, if those rumours are true.

 

[richards30]

I think that’s why he’s pushing out to be out on the 1st January, if those rumours are true.

No way he will want to risk it playing another 2 games!

 

[Skrastins]

Semenyo, Cherki, Foden, Doku and Haaland as a front 5 could be fun!

I doubt all 5 would be in the starting XI

Maybe 4 tops with Foden dropping deeper

 

[foggy1974]

Why would we try and lower the fee when someone else will just pay the release clause?

Presuming to the deal is done, then there is no incentive for us to not sign him on the 1st. There are rumours that the fee is £60m + £5m add ons & also that we wanted to lower the fee

 

[jimharri]

You can sign players outside of the window but i'm not 100% sure if you can register them before the start of the window. We're not a cartel club so wouldn't have the rules bent for us

Debut against Chelsea then?

 

[alexmcity]

Semenyo would make us less dependent on Haaland not just because he is good at scoring goals but also because we can play with a false 9 (Foden/Cherki) if/when Haaland isn't available or needs a rest.

Semenyo and Doku on both wings, Foden and Cherki centrally, Gonzalez and Rodri behind them. Looks pretty good to me.

 

[foggy1974]

Semenyo, Cherki, Foden, Doku and Haaland as a front 5 could be fun!

Pep will likely play that formation at Anfield

 

[foggy1974]

Debut against Chelsea then?

More than likely