Liverpool braced for fresh Antoine Semenyo transfer competition as Man Utd stance emerges

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Liverpool is braced for competition to sign Antoine Semenyo from a host of Premier League clubs. Interestingly, Sky Sports says that United, City and Spurs are the main rivals for Semenyo's signature, but it is said that Liverpool is "believed to still be in the background".

City is reportedly the strongest contender of all to sign Semenyo, but he is under serious consideration by United too – despite the Red Devils signing three new attacking players during the summer transfer window. United, though, will only move for Semenyo if it does not jeopardize the club's financial chances of signing a new central midfielder during next summer's transfer window Arsenal is one club that is said to not be in the race, with Mikel Arteta content with the attacking options he currently has at his disposal.

Earlier this month, The Athletic reported that – while Liverpool is an admirer of Semenyo – a winter move is unlikely for several reasons. Semenyo is having a good season (Image: Visionhaus/Getty Images) Laying out the reasons for Liverpool's reluctance to swoop for Semenyo in January, The Athletic said that one of them is the amount of money spent during the summer transfer window, when Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and Giovanni Leoni all arrived on Merseyside.