Manchester City have completed the signing of Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth in a deal worth £64 million.
The 26-year-old forward has agreed a five-and-a-half-year contract with Pep Guardiola’s side, taking City’s transfer spending over the past 12 months to £425.9 million on 14 players.
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City struck an agreement with Bournemouth outside Semenyo’s £65 million release clause, paying a guaranteed £62.5 million, with a further £1.5 million in performance-related bonuses and a 10 per cent sell-on clause included in the deal.
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Although the guaranteed element of the release clause stood at £60 million, Bournemouth will receive a slightly higher fixed fee of £62.5 million, payable in instalments over 24 months.
Manchester City fended off strong competition from Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham to secure the Ghana international’s signature.
The release clause had allowed Bournemouth to keep Semenyo for an additional six months following interest in the summer, with the eventual sale exceeding all offers received at that time.
Semenyo scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner in his final appearance for Bournemouth, sealing a 3-2 home victory over Tottenham on Wednesday, before undergoing his Manchester City medical on Thursday.
Championship side Bristol City are set to receive 20 per cent of any profit from the transfer, having sold Semenyo to Bournemouth for around £10 million in January 2023.
His departure takes Bournemouth’s player sales over the last six months to £266.5 million, following the exits of Dean Huijsen to Real Madrid (£50m), Milos Kerkez to Liverpool (£40m), Illia Zabarnyi to Paris Saint-Germain (£57m), and Dango Ouattara to Brentford (£42m).
