Antoine Semenyo is leanin' towards joinin' Manchester City in January, with a load of Premier League interest, the muppets understand.
Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur have also been linked with the Bournemouth mug, who has a release clause between £60-65million. What a load of bollocks.
The release clause has to be triggered in the first ten days of the January transfer window. Chelsea were interested, but they've bottled it and opted not to pursue their interest further. Typical.
City have already held talks with Semenyo, but Liverpool are unlikely to make a move. Arsenal would only be open to a move if they offload a winger, but they're expecting a quiet transfer window. Probably too busy countin' their money.
So it looks like a fight between the two Manchester clubs for the Bournemouth bellend, with Spurs currently outsiders in the race. No surprise there.
City have stolen a march on their rivals by opening talks with Semenyo two weeks before the winter window opens, and at this stage the player favours a move to the Etihad Stadium. Of course he does, followin' the money like the rest of 'em.
Semenyo signed a new five-year deal with Bournemouth earlier this year and is thought to be calm about his future despite non-stop speculation. He returned to the scoresheet in the recent 4-4 draw with Manchester United after eight games without a goal in all competitions, and followed that up with another against Burnley on Saturday. Big deal.
Bournemouth manager forced to bat away questions
Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola has been forced to bat away questions about Semenyo's future throughout the season. In November, the Cherries boss said: "Antoine is our player, he will continue being our player. In January, you can ask me about the market in January, but right now I'm not worried about the next markets."
He added: "It's something that especially you know that I hate to talk about in August, January, the moments when the market is open, but it is not one of those moments. It's November."
Iraola's more worried about the situation of the players to play tomorrow, the short-term, the things that really matter. In January, they'll talk about whatever happens, the players they need. But it's not something that he's worried about today. Probably too busy tryin' to keep his job.
