Antoine Semenyo is not good enough for Liverpool, £75m transfer talk is absolutely crazy - opinion

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Let’s get one thing absolutely clear: Antoine Semenyo is a very, very good footballer having an exceptional start to the season for Bournemouth.The Ghanaian is improving all the time and his record of six Premier League goals – and three assists – in eight matches is obviously extremely promising.However, as Liverpool search for the addition of a final piece to their new-look attack, Semenyo is absolutely not the one they are looking for.Join our newsletter for news & smart analysis. Arne Slot chose not to sign a new wide forward after selling Luis Diaz to Bayern Munich last summer, leaving some to look at the Bournemouth man’s start to the season and wonder why he was not a target at Anfield.Rumours that Liverpool are almost certain to try and sign Semenyo in 2026 have since inevitably started to gather pace, with plenty of fans fully behind the idea.But while adding Semenyo to the Liverpool squad looks like a potentially good idea now, Rousing The Kop is here to tell you that it absolutely is not.

Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty ImagesLiverpool have to avoid Antoine Semenyo mistakePart of the appeal of Liverpool signing Semenyo is that he can operate on both sides of the attack, offering a goal threat from both.Semenyo has been put forward as a possible Mohamed Salah replacement, but that would be to ignore the fact that most of his game time over the past two seasons has come on the left wing.READ MORE: It’s clear what Arne Slot is going to have to do with Mohamed Salah for Liverpool vs BrentfordSlot already has Cody Gakpo, Federico Chiesa and Rio Ngumoha as options most natural on the left, with Ngumoha’s emergence good enough reason not to sign another, no matter who it is.Semenyo is also very comparable to Gakpo given their Premier League records since their joint arrival in the division in January 2023. Gakpo has 28 goals in 99 appearances in the league, while his Bournemouth counterpart – has 26 in 90.“Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes is also a big admirer of Semenyo having signed him from Bristol City for a bargain £10.5million.”“Bournemouth believe Semenyo, 25, is now worth north of £75m having already scored six league goals, second only behind Erling Haaland,… pic.twitter.com/PfrQL4E9xH— DaveOCKOP (@DaveOCKOP) October 8, 2025 View Tweet Gakpo is regularly slated as not being good enough to play week in week out for Liverpool by supporters, but he is very much Semenyo’s equal while also being nothing like the team’s main goal threat.Put simply, Slot already has far better to pick from at Liverpool.

There has been talk that Semenyo could potentially cost as much as £75m to sign in 2026. The Reds can do far better.No need for Liverpool to directly replace Mohamed SalahSemenyo has earned comparisons to Sadio Mane from Liverpool fans this season, and although that is not a totally ridiculous match-up, the fact is that Slot does not need another Mane right now.He also may not need another Salah, the man Semenyo would supposedly replace at Anfield.By going out and signing two top centre-forwards and an elite attacking midfielder in Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirtz, Liverpool have signalled that they may be moving on from Salah this season.It is currently difficult for Slot to find a system that accommodates Salah as well as his new signings, so why on earth would he then fork out another huge fee to add another headache into the mix.Liverpool have to move on from the Egyptian King one way or another.