Antoine Semenyo - Bristol City’s Ex Ghanaian Star Ready For Relegation Battle at Bournemouth

Antoine Semenyo’s stock has never been higher than it is right now - his blistering form for Bristol City over the last two Championship campaigns rewarding him with a move to the Premier League, a first international cap for Ghana also came his way. He’s not always been in the limelight however for positive reasons, loan spells in the infancy of his career and up and down spells in the Robins’ first team set-up could’ve thwarted his progress.

Yet, a few years on from being loaned out of the building at Bristol City to Sunderland, he’s now a player worth £10 million who’s ready to launch himself into a Premier League relegation battle with Bournemouth. The 23-year-old had spent virtually his entire career at Bristol City before a late January move to Gary O’Neil’s Cherries, signed by the Robins as a youngster after being spotted playing at the South Gloucestershire and Stroud football academy all the way back in 2017.

Not long after signing the teenager, Bristol City gave him his first-team debut - coming onto the pitch as a second-half substitute in their final game of the 2017-18 season, given a run-out against Sheffield United to close out the 46-game campaign. His appearances would be few and far between after this surprise debut, making occasional cameos in Bristol City colours whilst being loaned out to near neighbours Bath City and travelling over the River Severn to ply his trade with Newport County.

He would get his first professional goals at either team, his spell with Newport in particular caught people’s attention - his skill on the ball levels above the fourth tier of English football, leaving defenders for dead with ease. It would lead to Bristol City recalling him from the Exiles, six goals in 32 appearances for the Welsh side was enough to warrant Bristol City to give him a go in the first-team fold two leagues above.