Sunderland flop Semenyo at the WC

After failing to attain in seven appearances for Sunderland on mortgage, few Mackems would have anticipated to see Antoine Semenyo enjoying on the World Cup simply two years later.

The younger striker joined the Black Cats on mortgage from Bristol Metropolis throughout the 2019/20 League One season however featured simply seven times within the third tier, with these appearances solely totalling 184 minutes.

The Ghanaian ahead had managed six goals and two assists with Newport County in League Two the season prior, however was clearly deemed not ok by Phil Parkinson, as he regarded to information the Black Cats again to the Championship.

Ought to Sunderland have performed Semenyo extra?

Semenyo was fast to show Parkinson improper the next marketing campaign, as he notched 5 targets and 7 assists in all competitions for the Robins, which set him on the best way to changing into a key participant at Ashton Gate.

The 2021/22 marketing campaign was a particularly spectacular one for the 22-year-old ahead, as he managed eight targets and 12 assists in simply 31 league appearances for Nigel Pearson’s facet, which has seen him attract interest from the likes of Crystal Palace not too long ago.

Pearson was stuffed with reward for the electrical ahead earlier this 12 months, saying:

“He’s an actual risk along with his energy and tempo – he should be a nightmare to play towards! His problem now’s to maintain creating and including components to his recreation to make him much more efficient.”

Semenyo’s spectacular type noticed him earn a call-up to Ghana’s nationwide facet in January of this 12 months, and he would make his World Cup debut for Otto Addo’s facet of their 3-2 defeat towards Portugal in Qatar earlier this week.

Contemplating the Ghana worldwide struggled to earn a spot in a League One facet simply a few years in the past, Sunderland followers could be stunned by Semenyo’s meteoric rise, and can maybe be wishing that he was given extra beginning alternatives once they didn’t finish inside the playoffs of the Covid-affected 2019/20 marketing campaign.