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Black Stars striker, Antoine Semenyo, has revealed how he faced several rejections at clubs like Chelsea, Tottenham, Arsenal, and others in his early years as a youth player.<\/p>\n
Antoine Semenyo, who grew up in the United Kingdom, dreamt of playing in some of the well-established clubs in England but unfortunately, he was never given the chance.<\/p>\n
Speaking about the challenges he faced as a young player, Semenyo said, \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bournemouth forward noted that at one point nearly he gave up on football to focus on his education after several rejections.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing so young I couldn\u2019t really cope with the emotions of rejection. I was like, I felt like I needed to take a break, go back to friends, go back to school, just focus and recuperate, give myself a year to calm myself down because I felt like the rejection was so much,\u201d the striker said on SuperSport.<\/p>\n
Adding, \u201cThat was obviously a tough part of my life but yeah, I felt like it built character and the mentality I have now, so I\u2019m grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Semenyo\u2019s breakthrough in football was at Bristol City where he went through the ranks as a youth player before earning promotion to play in the senior team.<\/p>\n
JNA\/NOQ<\/p>\n
Source:\u00a0<\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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