{"id":55402,"date":"2025-12-28T21:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/liverpool-expected-to-make-late-move-for-antoine-semenyo-as-man-city-step-up-pursuit-ahead-of-january-transfer-window-paper-talk-football-news\/28\/12\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T21:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:19:21","slug":"liverpool-expected-to-make-late-move-for-antoine-semenyo-as-man-city-step-up-pursuit-ahead-of-january-transfer-window-paper-talk-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/liverpool-expected-to-make-late-move-for-antoine-semenyo-as-man-city-step-up-pursuit-ahead-of-january-transfer-window-paper-talk-football-news\/28\/12\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool expected to make late move for Antoine Semenyo as Man City step up pursuit ahead of January transfer window &#8211; Paper Talk | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>The top stories and transfer rumours from Monday&#8217;s newspapers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSFERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo<\/strong> has hinted at a possible return to Europe as he reiterated his ambition to reach 1,000 goals &#8211; <em>Mail Sport<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Real Madrid<\/strong>, <strong>Barcelona<\/strong>, <strong>Manchester United<\/strong>, <strong>Newcastle <\/strong>and <strong>Borussia Dortmund <\/strong>are among the clubs that have shown interest in <strong>AZ Alkmaar <\/strong>midfielder <strong>Kees Smit<\/strong><em> &#8211; The Athletic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fulham <\/strong>have rekindled thier interest in USA international striker <strong>Ricardo Pepi <\/strong>at <strong>PSV Eindhoven <\/strong>&#8211; <em>Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ajax <\/strong>have approached <strong>Burnley <\/strong>over a potential move for <strong>Qulindschy Hartman <\/strong>with the left-back one of their top targets in January &#8211; <em>Fabrizio Romano<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-custom-markup \" data-component-name=\"ui-article-custom-markup\" data-consent=\"pending\" data-vendor-name=\"spreaker\" data-testid=\"article-custom-markup\">\n<section aria-label=\"Consent required\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock\" data-component-name=\"ui-consent-roadblock\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" style=\"--width: 7; 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<em>Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-factbox\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text-wrapper\">\n<p><h4 class=\"sdc-article-factbox__title\">Watch Back Pages on Sky Sports News<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\">Back Pages is a review of the sports headlines from the national newspapers, every Monday to Friday, live on Sky Sports News from 10.30pm.\n<\/p>\n<p>Missed the show? Catch up on the latest news with the Back Pages podcast. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-custom-markup \" data-component-name=\"ui-article-custom-markup\" data-consent=\"pending\" data-vendor-name=\"spreaker\" data-testid=\"article-custom-markup\">\n<section aria-label=\"Consent required\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock\" data-component-name=\"ui-consent-roadblock\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" style=\"--width: 7; --height:4;\">\n<div class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body\">\n        <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__title\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-title\">Spreaker<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__description\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-description\"><br \/>\n                This content is provided by <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__vendor-title\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-vendor-name-in-description\">Spreaker<\/span>, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__vendor-title\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-vendor-name-in-description\">Spreaker<\/span> cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<br \/>\n            <\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__description\" data-show-on-fallback=\"true\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-description\"><br \/>\n                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__vendor-title\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-vendor-name-in-description\">Spreaker<\/span> cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__vendor-title\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-vendor-name-in-description\">Spreaker<\/span> cookies for this session only.<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link-group\">\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"spreaker\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"spreaker\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow-once\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Manchester City<\/strong> have stepped up their efforts to sign <strong>Semenyo <\/strong>and are set to have meetings with the representatives of the Bournemouth forward in the next 24 hours &#8211; <em>Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 1<\/strong> is viewed as a &#8220;decisive day&#8221; for the future of <strong>Semenyo<\/strong>, who wants to choose his next club before the window opens &#8211; <em>Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE ASHES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The hosts of the fourth <strong>Ashes <\/strong>Test in Melbourne, which finished on Saturday after only two days, said there were discussions about the players returning for an exhibition match in an attempt to placate ticket holders and broadcasters &#8211; <em>Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Root <\/strong>insists <strong>England&#8217;s <\/strong>players remain &#8220;absolutely committed&#8221; to the current regime after an overdue <strong>Ashes <\/strong>win in Melbourne eased some of the mounting pressure &#8211; <em>Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/12040\/13488139\/liverpool-expected-to-make-late-move-for-antoine-semenyo-as-man-city-step-up-pursuit-ahead-of-january-transfer-window-paper-talk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top stories and transfer rumours from Monday&rsquo;s newspapers&hellip; 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