AFC Bournemouth set price tag for Antoine Semenyo amid Chelsea transfer interest

03/31/2025 08:09 AM

AFC Bournemouth have slapped a £75m price tag on Antoine Semenyo with Chelsea reportedly plotting a move in the summer transfer window.

The Blues are keen on the Ghana international but face competition from fellow Premier League clubs Liverpool and Tottenham for his signature.

Bournemouth, understandably, do not want to lose Semenyo, who has established himself among the best attacking players in the top-flight.

Semenyo, who can operate on both wings and can also play as a centre-forward, has conjured up 15 goal involvements in 33 games this season.

The Cherries only paid £10m to sign Semenyo from Bristol City in 2023 and the 25-year-old is under contact at the Vitality Stadium until June 2029.

Semenyo has particularly shined under the management of Andoni Iraola, with Bournemouth fighting to qualify for Europe for the first time in history.

Tiago Pinto, Bournemouth’s president of football operations, and the club’s technical director Simon Francis are both calm over Semenyo’s future.

The south coast club are prepared for a busy summer of ins and outs but are determined not to allow anyone to pick off their best players on the cheap.

That’s why they have put a £75m price tag on Semenyo, as they hope it will ward off interest from Premier League rivals, The Sun have reported.

Semenyo, who has previously declared himself as an Arsenal fan, has enjoyed a meteoric rise through the English football pyramid having previously played in National League South, League Two and League One.

Along with Chelsea, Liverpool have been linked with Semenyo but Didi Hamann has warned his former club over a move for the Ghana winger.

'Antoine Semenyo is a talented player and has done very well this season, he'd certainly be a name to get Liverpool fans excited,' Hamann told BestOffshoreSportsbooks earlier this year.

'Having said that, it can be hard to tell if players will fit into a team like Liverpool on the back of what they have done with other clubs in the Premier League. 

'Because of that there is no guarantee that he would be a success.'

Football pundit Tim Sherwood believes Bournemouth are destined to lose Semenyo and a number of their other superstars at the end of the season.

‘Semenyo, without doubt, must leave the football club, [Justin] Kluivert the way he's carrying on, [Milos] Kerkez will leave, [Dean] Huijsen we've talked about, the centre-half,’ Sherwood told Sky Sports.

‘Bournemouth cannot keep these players. If the Liverpool's and the Arsenals and the Chelsea's, Man United who need players [come calling]. They've got better players than Man United have.

‘The manager, he's been allowed to develop in the Premier League at a club with very little expectation and it's a dream job for him, but he's had to create that himself because when he went in there it was very, very difficult.’