“£9m doesn’t really cover his importance” – Bristol City respond to offer for star: The verdict

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘The Verdict‘ series, which provides personal opinions from the FLW writers regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

Bristol City have turned down an offer for forward Antoine Semenyo.

As per BristolWorld, the Robins have rejected an offer of £9 million pounds for the 22-year-old.

Semenyo impressed in the 2021/22 campaign, scoring eight goals and registering twelve assists in 31 Championship outings.

With one year left on his current deal, Bristol City are in a stronger position with regards to his transfer than it seems, with the Robins reportedly holding the option to trigger a further year.

With that being said, we asked our writers here at FLW whether or not they thought the Robins were right to reject a £9 million pound bid for the forward, and what they thought Bristol could demand for the 22-year-old this summer.

Bristol City are well within their rights to be turning this bid down, and I expect them to be holding out for perhaps nearly double before thinking about letting Semenyo go.

He is clearly a very good player that is going to get even better and Bristol City will want that fact reflected in any fee they receive for him.

They know that supporters would have been pretty miffed if he’d gone for less than £10m and I think they’ll be looking for something like £15m before entertaining the idea of his exit.

He’s a player that would be hard to replace and so the Robins naturally want to try and get as much money as they can in before potentially having to undertake that task in this summer’s transfer window.

That is a big fee for Bristol City to turn down, but Semenyo has shown he is talented enough to warrant a