The quote from Antoine Semenyo is one from the archive. It’s from a candid interview he did with The Athletic back in October 2024, where he opened up about his lifelong love for Arsenal despite facing them as an opponent. However. It could be decades old when it comes to football fans looking for an angle to pass comment on a player.

Suddenly this feels like another Eberechi Eze situation where his heart lies with Arsenal. Will this send Tottenham searching for an alternative?

Spurs have undoubtedly shown a strong interest in Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo, the 25-year-old Ghanaian winger who has scored six goals and provided three assists in the opening Premier League matches of the 2025/26 season.

However, his £75m+ valuation and competition from clubs like Liverpool and Manchester United could make a deal challenging, to put it mildly.

Rather ironically. this isn’t the worst example of Spurs finding themselves with a ‘red under the bed’. Harry Kane was an Arsenal supporter during his childhood and spent four years in the club’s youth academy starting at age 8, where he was described as a...