Antoine Semenyo reveals Chelsea and Arsenal rejection

Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo has revealed that he was rejected by a host of clubs during his early years in football including Chelsea and Arsenal.

Bournemouth’s second-highest scorer this season has revealed that he was rejected by the youth academies of top clubs such as Chelsea and Arsenal.

“I think I went to Millwall four times, went to Tottenham, went to Arsenal, went to Chelsea, I went to so many clubs and I just got the same result: never making it. I remember Palace being the last place being rejected,” Semenyo said in an interview with SuperSport.

The Black Stars forward further disclosed that he almost gave up as a result as it appeared ‘too much’ to bear.

“Being so young I couldn’t really cop with the emotions of rejection I was like, I felt like I need to take a break, go back to friends, go back to school just focus and recuperate, give myself a year to calm myself down cause I felt like the rejection was so much.”

Despite the setbacks early on in his career, Semenyo admitted that it went a long way into shaping his mentality and character, which he plays with today.

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“That was obviously a tough part of my life but yeah i felt like it built character and the mentality I have now, so I’m grateful.”

This season has been a remarkable one for Bournemouth; the club sit in 11th place on the league table with a point tally of 48, the highest in the club’s history.

Antoine Semenyo has been an integral part of the success story. He’s found the net on eight occasions in the league and provided two assists for the club. With one league game still to play, Bournemouth travel to Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea on the final day of the season.

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