Charlie Austin urges Liverpool to sign ‘cheap’ Premier League star who caused them problems this season
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Liverpool are usually pretty good at getting themselves a bargain.The Reds may have spent big over the summer but there are still many areas of the team that need improving.However, what Liverpool cannot keep doing is throwing big money at players and hoping something sticks, as so far, that has not worked.Join our newsletter for news & smart analysis. Charlie Austin thinks so too, with the former striker believing it is a bit of a no-brainer.Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty ImagesCharlie Austin urges Liverpool to sign Antoine SemenyoWhen Liverpool were linked with players over the summer, they almost always got who they wanted, meaning transfer links might get fans excited still.Antoine Semenyo is the latest player to be tipped with a move, with the winger having a £65m release clause which can be activated in January.This is still a fair amount, but given the quality the Ghanaian possesses, it is actually rather cheap; with Austin believing he is worth way more than that.
It sounds mad saying it, but going on the market and how everything is, absolutely it is – it is cheap, Austin said on Sky Sports News.“You can go back to the goal that he scored that opening Premier League night against Liverpool and the performance he put in.“He gave [Milos] Kerkez a real big problem, scored the goal – it was a fantastic, fantastic performance by him that night, and then he’s continued that form all the way through the start of the season. And the biggest thing is, he’s only young, he’s progressing.
The way he’s performing week in, week out for them, he has made himself Bournemouth’s talisman.”Antoine Semenyo can be the new Sadio ManeIt was not that long ago that Liverpool bought another African winger from a lower-level Premier League team for fairly cheap, with that player being Sadio Mane.The former Southampton man showed great potential on the south coast and went on to become one of the best in the world, with Semenyo having all the attributes to do the same. At just 25, he has the potential to grow even further, which is very dangerous given that he is already one of the best in the league.For £65m, it seems a no-brainer to bring him to Anfield mid-season, with the winger having the potential to turn Liverpool’s season around.