Published: 18:41, 7 February 2026 | Updated: 18:41, 7 February 2026

Who was that lad Bournemouth sold to Manchester City recently? Antoine somebody or other. What was it now? Oh yes, Semenyo, that’s the one. Who needs him around these parts when they have a new Brazilian teenage sensation to thrill them?

Rayan, making only his first start since a £25m move from Vasco da Gama in the Brazilian leagues, buried a stunning equaliser to earn a point for the Cherries in a breathless encounter against Aston Villa, and it should really have been more.

The 19-year-old hit the bar with an earlier header before Villa keeper Emi Martinez twice denied Ryan Christie late on to keep things level, two of 20 shots that rained down on his goal.

It’s early days, of course, but you get the sense that Bournemouth might just have done it again. A side that lost three-quarters of their first-choice backline in the summer then made their best-ever start to a Premier League season. 

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