Fabrizio Romano has revealed what his sources are telling him about where Tottenham Hotspur target Antoine Semenyo is likely to end up moving to in January.
The speculation over the Bournemouth winger’s future has gone into hyperdrive since it emerged earlier this week that Semenyo has a £65m release clause in his contract.
Tottenham are among the clubs at the front of the queue to Semenyo, but the Lilywhites will face a difficult task in getting the deal over the line.
It has emerged over recent days that Spurs are fearful of competition from Liverpool for the Cherries star, which is why the North London club are also identifying other alternatives.
Liverpool may have one advantage over Tottenham
Fabrizio Romano has now weighed in on the 25-year-old’s future, revealing that the winger’s release clause drops from £65m to slightly above £50 next summer.
He named Tottenham, Man United and Liverpool as the three clubs circling over the Ghana international, and suggested that the Reds may have an advantage due to their good relationship with Bournemouth.
Romano said about Semenyo on his YouTube channel: “The clause is going to be valid in January and also the summer transfer window. The value is different. For the January transfer window, the value is £60 million plus £5 million in add-ons. For the summer transfer window, it is slightly above £50 million.
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“Bournemouth hope to keep the player, but if a club triggers the clause or tries to negotiate the value of the clause, that can be different, and in that case, Bournemouth would have to let the player go. Manchester United were interested last summer, and Tottenham also called for Semenyo last summer.
“These two clubs have been following the player for a long time. Liverpool are interested and keen in a potential deal for Antoine Semenyo. From what I am hearing, Liverpool are considering this possibility.
“They are following the player and have a very good relationship with Bournemouth (after signing Milos Kerkez last summer and Ben Doak heading the opposite direction). Let’s see what is going to happen in the next month, so let’s see what is going to happen, there could be another club to add, from what I am hearing.”
Spurs not backing down in Semenyo pursuit
This information about Romano was also backed up by another recent report in TEAMtalk, which claimed that, as things stand, Liverpool are ahead of Tottenham in the race for Semenyo.
However, the outlet claimed that Spurs are not backing down from the race and are not prepared to let the Bournemouth man go to Anfield without a fight.