Semenyo joins Man City

As the title race intensifies, Manchester City adds further reinforcements by acquiring Antoine Semenyo. The Ghanaian winger was highly sought after by multiple clubs including Liverpool , Man united , Man city , Arsenal and Tottenham . The entire league was aware that his contract included a release clause active from January , After his impressive start to the 25/26 campaign with 13 G/A it became apparent that he's gonna leave Bournemouth in january .

Acc. to multiple reports Liverpool and Man united were in talks with his representatives but the choice was ultimately left to Semenyo and he chose Man city , signing him for £65 million on a 5½-year contract.

Most of the Bournemouth fans are happy and content that he left peacefully causing no drama accepting a five-times financial profit 🤑🤑 (signed for around £10 million ) , although iraola might feel deflated 😅

For us Eye test / watching games comes above stats , Stats are to help understand some context but not to entirely relied upon .... so let's delve into stats shall we

Close to 40 G/A in 2½ seasons especially for a wide player , no wonder most of the clubs were interested , he gets you returns and versatile enough to play LW , RW , Cf in 2 striker formation. 

Pep praised about his pace , versatility and Two-footedness abilities 

Now let's look at player profile and fit 

Positives - To start off

He's in 86th percentile for non-penalty goals and overperforming his non-penaltyXG , as we know his 2 footedness and finishing is top tier 

almost 70th percentile for successful take-ons which is good and tells us he's consistently dribbling past his man , which is crucial for a winger to have this ability in a physical league
He's in 70th percentile for shot's taken and 90+ percentile on target , which tells us he's a shooter with accuracy

surprisingly his defensive stats are all good , works hard without the ball , which managers want nowadays

Due to development from lower english leagues he's that Pacey , Physical , Trigger heavy winger who suits the prem well .

Cons/Things to improve - Due to being Trigger heavy - his assists and XAG are low for a winger

On possession stuff like shot creating actions , chance creation are medium to low % and needs to do better  

Overall from a scarce market of elite wingers , Man city have signed one of the premier league's best winger on a title race 🔥🔥

We welcome Semenyo to Man City 🔵🔵