Former Bournemouth striker Sam Vokes cannot understand why Antoine Semenyo would want to leave the club. Semenyo has made 10 goal contributions in the Premier League this season and has been heavily linked with a number of clubs before the opening of the January transfer window. Vokes has his own experience of leaving Bournemouth, coming through the Cherries' academy but revealing that his departure at the age of 18 was out of his hands.
Former Bournemouth striker Sam Vokes cannot understand why Antoine Semenyo would want to leave the club.
Semenyo has made 10 goal contributions in the Premier League this season and has been heavily linked with a number of clubs before the opening of the January transfer window.
Vokes has his own experience of leaving Bournemouth, coming through the Cherries' academy but revealing that his departure at the age of 18 was out of his hands.
"I've never really spoken about this," Vokes told BBC Radio Solent. "The club were in administration. I was only 18 - more than happy playing in the first team at Bournemouth.
"One day I got called in by the administrators with my parents, and they almost pushed the paper in front of me.
"They said: 'Look, the club's in trouble, we've negotiated with these five clubs - where would you like to go?'"
Facing relegation from League Two and in financial difficulty, the Bournemouth Vokes left is very different from the one which Semenyo now faces a choice about.
"I don't know why you'd want to leave that setup," Vokes said. "I've seen the new training ground.
"I understand when so-called 'bigger' clubs come knocking, it's hard sometimes.
"But with the way he's performing and the way that Bournemouth have been doing - it looks like he's enjoying his football.
"I don't know why he'd want to do that anywhere else at the moment."
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