'What I can tell you': Fabrizio Romano may have just given away a key detail about Antoine Semenyo to Liverpool

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Journalist David Ornstein has confirmed that Liverpool are one of three contenders for Semenyo, with Manchester City and Tottenham also in the running.Should the 25-year-old arrive at Anfield, it could have a knock-on effect for other members of the Liverpool squad, namely Federico Chiesa who would be moved down another rung in the pecking order.Chiesa was the subject of an update from transfer expert Fabrizio Romano on Friday, and in delivering the latest on the Italian’s future, Romano appears to have given away a key detail regarding Semenyo.Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty ImagesJanuary 20th may be key Antoine Semenyo dateIt has already been reported that any team willing to activate Semenyo’s release clause in January must do so in a timely manner in order to give Bournemouth time to source a replacement.Speaking on his Italian language YouTube channel, Romano may have just let it slip that the clause may be no longer active come January 20th.READ MORE: How much Antoine Semenyo would cost Liverpool if they were to wait until the summer“What I can tell you about Chiesa is that the player continues to demonstrate publicly, as do those close to him, that his will is to stay at Liverpool,” the journalist said. “It’s clear that if a month or a month and a half from now – well into January – Chiesa still won’t have found the playing time he’s hoping for, and if Liverpool were to make another signing, a winger like Semenyo who’s a player Liverpool are targeting, in that case we need to be careful about Chiesa.” Is Antoine Semenyo Liverpool-bound in 2026?

The door was closed in the summer, by Chiesa and Liverpool, they wanted to continue together. But if you ask me what happens on January 20th, based on the circumstances, we should monitor the Chiesa situation in the final days of the window.”Reading between the lines, Liverpool have until the 20th to get Semenyo through the door.

If not, perhaps the release clause will cease to exist for the time being.Romano provides added detail on Semenyo linksAs well as speaking about Chiesa, Romano offered a little more detail on Liverpool’s pursuit of Semenyo on his English language channel on Friday.The reporter claims that the Reds are looking for additional information on the payment structure of the winger’s release clause.“My information in this case is that Liverpool are very interested in the situation,” he says.“They already took some information for the structure of the release clause – £60m plus £5m in add-ons. But Liverpool also wanted to be informed on the structure in terms of payment of the release clause, so Liverpool are attentive.”Given the Reds are looking at how to structure a potential deal, it does feel almost certain that they will make a run at Semenyo in January.