Manchester City have signed Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth in a £64m deal.
The forward joins Josep Guardiola’s side on a five-and-a-half-year deal, taking City’s transfer costs to 14 players to £425.9 million over the past 12 months. A formal announcement is expected on Friday.
City agreed a deal with Bournemouth for £62.5m, excluding Semenyo’s £65m release clause, plus a further £1.5m worth of performance bonuses and a 10% sell-on clause.
City beat out competition from rivals Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham to sign the 26-year-old.
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Semenyo scored the winning goal late on in his last game for Bournemouth against Spurs.
The guaranteed part of the contract was £60m, but Bournemouth will now receive slightly more at £62.5m, to be paid in 24-month installments.
The release clause meant Bournemouth would keep Semenyo for a further six months after his interest in the summer, and the sale price was higher than any offer they had received at the time.
Semenyo underwent a Manchester City medical on Thursday after scoring a dramatic stoppage-time winner in Bournemouth’s final game on Wednesday, clinching a 3-2 win at home to Spurs.
Championship club Bristol City are set to pay 20% of the profit they earn from Semenyo, who moves to Bournemouth in January 2023 for around £10m.
Semenho’s departure means Dean Huyssen to Real Madrid (£50m), Milos Kerkes to Liverpool (£40m) and Ilia Zabarny to Paris Saint-Germain (£570m). This means Bournemouth have made £266.5m in player sales in the past six months, following the big move of Dhango Ouattara to Brentford (£0.0m) and Dhango Ouattara to Brentford (£42m).
Man City spending overview
Manchester City have spent £1.75bn since the start of the 2016/17 season.
Number of Manchester City contracts in the last 12 months
January 2025 – £176.1m
Abdukkodir Kusanov – Lens, £33.5m
Vitor Reis – Palmeiras, £29.6m
Omar Marmouche – Eintracht Frankfurt, £63.2m
Nico Gonzalez – Porto, £50m
Christian McFarlane – New York City, private
Juma Bar – Real Valladolid, private
Summer 2025 – £185.8m
Tijani Lajnders – AC Milan, £46.3m
Rayan Ait Nouri – Wolves, £36m
Marcus Bettinelli – Chelsea, private
Rayan Cherki – Lyon, £34m
Sverre Nippan – Rosenborg, £12.5m
James Trafford – Burnley, £31m
Gianluigi Donnarumma – PSG, £26m
January 2026 – £64m
Antoine Semenyo – Bournemouth, £64m
