Some Ghanaian football fans have expressed their fury after Bournemouth striker Antoine Semenyo narrowly missed the Ghana Footballer of the Year award for the 2025 edition of the scheme.
During the Ghana Football Awards, Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey was named Player of the Year following his performance in the year under review.
Reacting to this on social media, some football fans accused football authorities of rigging the award scheme to favour Partey due to his popularity.
They argued that in the 2024/2025 season under review, Semenyo had a better season, having played 42 matches, scoring 13 goals and providing 7 assists for Bournemouth.
He also had a great performance with the Black Stars, netting goals to aid the country in the 2025 World Cup qualifications.
With these statistics, they believe it would have been fair for Semenyo to have been given the award instead of Partey, even though he had a good season as well.
Some individuals chastised the event organisers for being biased regarding the Ghana Footballer of the Year Award, saying it undermines the integrity of the awards.
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Read the reactions below:
The Footballer of the Year award should have gone to Semenyo, not Partey, if we’re being fair. Forget UCL football; this is total cheat. pic.twitter.com/XqlEW12QT4
— Albert Nat HYDE (@1BongoIdeas) June 15, 2025
Partey too force oooh but Semenyo deserved it hmm as for Ghana dierrrr everything bi Corruption 🤣😂😂
— Nana Morris 🇬🇭🇮🇹🫡❤️ (@NanaUnited28) June 16, 2025
Am a Partey fun but Even with Partey playing UCL can’t be compared to Semenyo…. Semenyo is the most improved player in the EPL this season.
With Semenyo having over 10goals from midfield he deserves better— PLATO GH.💙💙💙💙💙 (@GIDEONPLATOASAN) June 15, 2025
Semenyo should have won
— Tetteh Pernor 86 (@TettehPernor) June 16, 2025
Masa wei de3 semenyo deserve more than partey ahh Ghana de3 kyer3s3 oo daabi kai 😏😏
— Alcantara 99🇬🇭🇬🇧✈ (@Opoku00065475) June 16, 2025
My vote goes to Antoine Semenyo.
— Bad Cop 🆂🆃🅴🅰🅼 (@AlhajiKudi) June 16, 2025
This just shows that people just watches football for the fun of it but don’t know the core thing about it, semenyo had 100% season statistically than partey , because partey played champion league so .
— Mystic mind (@SenayonZ) June 16, 2025
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