Fabrizio Romano confirms Liverpool's interest in African star

Fabrizio Romano has confirmed Liverpool are interested in a move for an African superstar.

Things are starting to heat up ahead of the January transfer window. It's now just over a month until we are back at it again and Richard Hughes has an opportunity to invest in the squad.

Liverpool's business over the course of his tenure so far has always been calculative and measured. There's been a clear plan and strategy behind it.

The club are not going to make any panic buys in the window. Even if Liverpool's form continues in the same way as it has.

However, if an opportunity arises to sign someone, Liverpool will go all out to get that player. This has always been the way the club has functioned during the winter market.

It's why Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo were signed back then. Because other clubs made a move for the duo and Liverpool could not afford to lose out.

One of the players who Liverpool could move for during the winter window is Antoine Semenyo. Talk of interest in the Ghanian is heating up and it feels like a genuine possibility at this stage that Liverpool could bring him to the club.

Semenyo may not feel like a priority signing, or what Liverpool are lacking the most. But this is part of the bigger picture.

He is a player who has so much value and versatility. With him in the side Liverpool finally have the left-winger they've wanted to sign since Hughes made a move for Anthony Gordon, then Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and then Bradley Barcola last summer.

Semenyo is also much more than that. He can play on the right, he can play through the middle and even become a wing-back if Liverpool opt for a three at the back formation.

Obviously, a lot still needs to happen for this deal to go through but now Fabrizio Romano is also giving credence to the talks.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, he confirmed that Liverpool are ready to make a move for the African star.

“The clause is going to be valid in January and also the summer transfer window," Romano said.

"The value is different. For the January transfer window, the value is £60 million plus £5 million in add-ons. For the summer transfer window, it is slightly above £50 million.

“Bournemouth hope to keep the player, but if a club triggers the clause or tries to negotiate the value of the clause, that can be different, and in that case, Bournemouth would have to let the player go. Manchester United were interested last summer, and Tottenham also called for Semenyo last summer.

“These two clubs have been following the player for a long time. Liverpool are interested and keen in a potential deal for Antoine Semenyo. From what I am hearing, Liverpool are considering this possibility.

“They are following the player and have a very good relationship with Bournemouth (after signing Milos Kerkez last summer and Ben Doak heading the opposite direction). Let’s see what is going to happen in the next month, so let’s see what is going to happen, there could be another club to add, from what I am hearing.”

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