Antoine Semenyo reveals he was rejected by a Premier League Club at the age 15 and quit the sport. Semenyo said he had been doing this for a long time. Semenyo gave Bournemouth’s dramatic win against Everton in Goodison Park, where Bournemouth was 2-0 behind, as an example. Semenyo ignited a comeback in the 87th minutes, and Lewis Cook and Luis Sinisterra scored in stoppage-time to secure a famous win. Antonio Semenyo revealed his secrets for his meteoric rise to prominence at Bournemouth. Semenyo shared that he had quit football when he was rejected by a Premier League team. The Ghanaian forward, last week, playing against Crystal Palace. I have an analyst who sends me videos. I watch the videos on my own. The game before the Everton match [against Newcastle United]I was sent a few clips, and there are so many occasions where the backpost is hit and I wasn’t present to score. In training I worked on it and also wrote it down in my journal. Then it was time for the Everton match, and I couldn’t help but think about what I had written in my journal. It was as if I knew that when the time is right I’d be there. It was the first goal which led to this comeback. [Bournemouth won 3-2] I was in a similar position. You must take the gamble. You must. You have to. You never can tell what’s going to happen. Since then, I have made it a point to make sure that, if I don’t make a post, in the next match, I will always do so.Semenyo was signed by Bournemouth from Bristol City for just £9million in 2023, told clubs they would only consider selling the Ghana international for £75m in the summer.Despite establishing himself as one of the hottest properties in the Premier League, Semenyo once quit football as a teenager after being rejected by Crystal Palace.The Eagles snub was a final straw for Semenyo, who had been shunted around several clubs and saw Crystal Palace as a last opportunity to break through.Crystal Palace may have been the final straw for Semenyo, who was fed up with not being accepted by most of clubs to which he had applied. It was just like, you know what, let me just be a kid again — enjoy my friends, go to school, just be normal,’ he said. He recalled how writing notes in his journal helped him during last season’s 3-2 win at Everton Andoni Iraola’s side sit fourth in the Premier League, level on points with champions Liverpool’During my teenage years I was going on trial to so many clubs, so I didn’t get to spend time with friends a lot. It was straight from school, straight to training, straight from school, straight to training — that was just the routine most days. I just wanted to be normal again, so that’s essentially why I quit.’In an effort to forget about football, the forward spent a year out of the game playing basketball — before an opportunity arose at Bishop’s Stortford.Semenyo’s uncle heard about the opportunity of an open trial at the non-league club and the Ghanaian impressed, despite being ‘overweight’ at his own admission.From there, the 25-year-old star joined Bristol CityBefore moving to the Vitality Stadium, he played for over 100 matches in the club’s senior team.
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Antoine Semenyo reveals secrets behind his meteoric rise – and why he once QUIT football after being rejected at 15 by Premier League club
