Tottenham are said to be interested in a Premier League attacker.
Sign up to our LondonWorld Today newsletter
Sign up
Thank you for signing up!
Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to LondonWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
Submitting...
Tottenham are said to be interested in signing one of the most in-form Premier League forwards as Thomas Frank looks to get his new squad Champions League-ready. Spurs need to improve in almost every department ahead of the new season having had a disastrous Premier League campaign of last.
Ange Postecoglou did lead Tottenham to a Europa League title and Champions League qualification, but that wasn’t enough to save his job. Frank will be expected to challenge for a top four finish next season while also overseeing a respectable Champions League run, but the club know he is going to need help in the way of new signings.
A number of players have been linked with a move to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, including Brentford star Bryan Mbeumo, but the latest links suggest an AFC Bournemouth star is now on the list of targets. Antonio Semenyo is on Tottenham’s wishlist, according to The Athletic’s David Ornstein, but they want to reduce the Cherries’ asking price of £70million.
Spurs have a number of areas to strengthen this summer, and £70million is going to be too much to pay for one player. Semenyo was superb last season, scoring 13 and provided seven assists in 42 appearances across all competitions last season. The 25-year-old is under contract until 2029 having arrived in 2023 on a £10.5million move from Bristol City.
What Semenyo has said
Speaking to The Athletic just ahead of the last winter window, Semenyo said of the transfer links surrounding him: “I do hear it. But I try not to take too much notice. It is so early in the season and that can all fade away in a split second. It is great to hear they are interested — I don’t know how true that is — but I just want to focus on my game, continue doing what I’m doing, causing problems, scoring goals, getting assists. That’s the main thing. If that does come we will deal with that then but at this moment in time it is just about staying focused on what the goal and the plan is this year.”
Speaking about his ability and one of his biggest strengths as a player, he added: “A lot of people think I’m left-footed but I’m right-footed. It makes it tougher for them. If they think I’m left-footed I will go on the right side and if they think I’m right-footed I will go on the left.
“My mum and dad every day when I was a kid used to throw stuff on the floor to me and I would kick it with both feet. I remember my mum was like, ‘Why is he so good at kicking with both feet?’. And my dad was like, ‘You just wait until he is older, it is going to be unbelievable’ — and that is what it has turned out to be. I am just so thankful for what they did.”