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MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA – JUNE 18: Dean Huijsen #24 of Real Madrid C.F. controls the ball during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group H match between Real Madrid CF and Al Hilal at Hard Rock Stadium on June 18, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
Antoine Semenyo reveals that his former Bournemouth teammate, Dean Huijsen, predicted his move to Real Madrid as soon as he joined the English club from Juventus in 2024.
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Safe to say former Juventus defender Huijsen was quite confident about his footballing ability as the Spain international predicted he wouldjoin Real Madrid in 2025, right after joining Bournemouth.
Semenyo played for the English club with Huijsen in 2024-25 before joining Manchester City in the 2026 January transfer window.
Speaking to All Out Football, the Ghana international said: “When he [Huijsen] signed for Bournemouth, he said: ‘I’m going to sign for Real Madrid next year.’ I was like, What are you talking about?
“You need to start building up in the Prem. It wasn’t like that for me, so I don’t think it’s going to be that for you, but, again, he said, ‘I’ll sign for Real Madrid next summer.’
“He called it, and we were like, “What are you talking about?”
Real Madrid secured a deal to sign Hujsen even before the beginning of the 2024-25 summer transfer window.
“When the talks started happening, I was thinking: ‘Oh my God, this is madness if it goes through,” Semenyo concluded.
Huijsen, 21, has made 35 appearances in his first season at Real Madrid, scoring two goals.
He played for Juventus and Roma in Serie A, making just one appearance for the Bianconeri and 14 with the Giallorossi, while on loan at the Stadio Olimpico in the second part of the 2023-24 campaign.
Huijsen joined Real Madrid for circa €62m last summer, and his contract in the Spanish capital expires in June 2030.
ByLorenzo Bettoni
Lorenzo Bettoni is the Editor of Football Italia.
