Alan Shearer sends Milos Kerkez warning to Liverpool over £65m transfer target

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Only Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Brentford’s Igor Thiago have outscored Semenyo after eight games and there is no question he is now Bournemouth’s most important attacking outlet. Semenyo has a £65m release clause in his contract at Bournemouth (Picture: Getty) Liverpool have been credited with a strong interest in the Ghana forward (Picture: Getty) But addressing the rumours in his latest Betfair column, Shearer issued a word of warning to Liverpool over their reported interest in Semenyo, highlighting Kerkez’s early-season struggles on the back of his £40m transfer from Bournemouth. ‘Antoine Semenyo has been linked with a move to Anfield.

I don’t know what Liverpool’s plans will be for next season but there will be a huge list of Premier League clubs that have already enquired about him and would love him in the team because of the ability that he has,’ the legendary ex-England and Newcastle striker said. ‘As we’ve seen with Kerkez, it’s alright playing well at Bournemouth where it’s a great football club, but in terms of size it’s tiny compared to someone like Liverpool. I guess you can say that with most players. ‘These clubs invest a lot of money into players, so they’ll know everything they need to about the player already.’ Turning his attention to Liverpool’s big-name summer signing Florian Wirtz, Shearer said he was confident the German would come good ‘sooner rather than later’.

Liverpool’s latest setback – their fifth loss of the top-flight campaign – left the club languishing down in eighth and eight points adrift of league leaders Arsenal. ‘It’s a big game for Liverpool against Nottingham Forest. Particularly when a new manager has gone in there and will be looking to sure things up and keep it tight,’ Shearer said on Saturday’s contest at Anfield. ‘Liverpool at home at Anfield and will be expected to win but I think Forest will make it tough for them. ‘You can already hear Sean Dyche’s team talk telling them to keep it tight and frustrate Liverpool. ‘It’s a huge, huge game for Liverpool.