Clint Dempsey

[malg]

10 lol. See ya.

[Rich]

£5m tops

[paulc]

i was a season ticket holder at fulham last season and it was a toss up for player of season between him and dembele

knows where the goal is and makes great late runs

[SB]

i was a season ticket holder at fulham last season and it was a toss up for player of season between him and dembele

knows where the goal is and makes great late runs

Would have been tough when LFC came to town?

[Mattshark]

i was a season ticket holder at fulham last season and it was a toss up for player of season between him and dembele

knows where the goal is and makes great late runs

His alround play is far from good enough for what we are aspiring for.

[paulc]

His alround play is far from good enough for what we are aspiring for.

he can be frustrating but may get the odd goal and move us up the table

remember we need to build a platform of CL qualification before we can go look for top stars. we are currently not a top club

[Mattshark]

he can be frustrating but may get the odd goal and move us up the table

remember we need to build a platform of CL qualification before we can go look for top stars. we are currently not a top club

Remember last summer?

[kris90210]

Barca have just signed Alba for not much more than £10 mil. He's a decent player, no doubt. But we need to show far more ambition in the transfer market.

We're going to have to go abroad for value. Premiership players are so overpriced it's unreal.

[Mattshark]

Barca have just signed Alba for not much more than £10 mil. He's a decent player, no doubt. But we need to show far more ambition in the transfer market.

We're going to have to go abroad for value. Premiership players are so overpriced it's unreal.

[cream]

Barca have just signed Alba for not much more than £10 mil. He's a decent player, no doubt. But we need to show far more ambition in the transfer market.

We're going to have to go abroad for value. Premiership players are so overpriced it's unreal.

But they are Barcelona, they can sign anybody they want, everyone wants to play for them.

[Tee]

And as he was signed by Valencia from Barca, I am sure there was a release clause somewhere in there.

[DannyMan2006]

Common sense on Est1892 shocker.....

[kris90210]

But they are Barcelona, they can sign anybody they want, everyone wants to play for them.

Barcelona do have a distinct advantage over other clubs, but we're hardly Wimbledon. We're an attractive club in our own right. The bottom line is we need to show some serious ambition or risk falling even further behind. I've listed some selling points below.


Reasons to play for LFC:

- We're historically one of the biggest and most successful clubs in the world. International managers want players to be playing at the top clubs. LFC undoubtedly falls inside this category.

- While we're not in the Champions League, we are in Europe next season. Which is better than nothing!

- Anyone coming in will join a core of world class players. Who wouldn't want to play with Suarez, Gerrard, Agger, Johnson, Lucas and Reina? Especially Gerrard, who I've seen cited as a hero for more than one player.

- New manager, new project. The idea of starting a new project can appeal to players. Especially bearing in mind the style of football Rodgers is looking to implement.

- Fairly recent success. It's not like we have to cast our minds back that far to recall success. 2-3 years ago and were right up there. We have fallen away in that time, but I think most players will think of LFC in fairly positive terms.

- Money talks. While we're not Chelsea or City rich, the owners have shown they're willing to spend big on the 'right' players. Ok, so the 'right' players seem to have been the 'wrong' players, but Dalglish and Comolli have paid the price for that. I don't think FSG will change their philosophy.

- Playing opportunities. There are quite a few spots in the team up for grabs at the moment. We may well be able to guarantee more first team football than a club like Chelsea / Man City, which could swing things in our favour.

Ultimately, I wouldn't really want us to sign a player who didn't want to play for us (no matter how good). I'm sure there are plenty of very good players out there who would jump at the chance of joining us.

[Bender]

Rodgers has made a second enquiry about 29-year-old attacking midfielder Dempsey who has just a year to run on his Fulham contract.

Fulham are understood to be asking for £10million for American international Dempsey, who scored 23 goals last season, with *Liverpool set to kick off the bidding at £6m.:source Mirror

[Suarez]

Rodgers has made a second enquiry about 29-year-old attacking midfielder Dempsey who has just a year to run on his Fulham contract.

Fulham are understood to be asking for £10million for American international Dempsey, who scored 23 goals last season, with *Liverpool set to kick off the bidding at £6m.:source Mirror

If true its a bit of a coincidence isn't it? I mean the owners have mentioned him and he was linked last season, and now all of a sudden the new manager is interested....who's making the decisions here?