Premier League (Official Thread)

[jlb1705]

Those fucking chavs outside Spurs Lodge...

 

[jlb1705]

Dempsey at Spurs Lodge according to Sky.

Also, Chelsea are in talks with Real Madrid over Essien.

 

[Smudger]

Dempsey to Spurs ? He's at the training ground about to sign. Wow.

 

[Smudger]

Now they're saying Dempsey HAS signed for Spurs.

 

[tAFKaT]

Now they're saying Dempsey HAS signed for Spurs.

That's a great landing spot for him. He will probably play in the spot Van Der Vart just vacated.

 

[Smudger]

Sky are saying Dempsey has agreed to personal terms with Spurs & BBC are saying he's undergoing a medical. Three-year deal. One hour left to sign Moutinho.

 

[HINYG8]

Sky are saying Dempsey has agreed to personal terms with Spurs & BBC are saying he's undergoing a medical. Three year deal.

He is expected to be on the bench tomorrow.

 

[tAFKaT]

The Dempsey deal is done. 6,000,000 pound transfer fee, 3 year deal

 

[jlb1705]

Lots of new Spurs fans in my Twitter timeline, LOL.

 

[Merih]

Spurs are our rivals, I'm supposed to hate them. But signing Dembele, Lloris, Dempsey, Moutinho (still on?), is making it really hard. Some of my favorite players.

 

[VBSJ]

I'll just say that Brad Friedel has had a long career that any goalkeeper would envy, since Spurs just bought his replacement (even though they'll battle).

AVB kept going on about his "project" with Spurs. Plenty of new players to start it up.

 

[Buckeye513]

Clint Dempsey can DIAF.

 

[Smudger]

Looks like the Moutinho deal is off.

 

[strohs]

I cant believe LFC didn't get Dempsey, I'm really disappointed with that.

 

[jlb1705]

To be honest, when people started mentioning the Dempsey to Spurs rumors earlier today I was ambivalent. He has never been my favorite player and seems like a bit of a prick.

To me, ever since Klinsmann's took over the USMNT Dempsey seems to have changed. He seems more ambitious, he's hungry for the next challenge, and I don't think he handled his exit from Fulham well. My opinions on his exit from Fulham haven't changed just because he plays for my favorite club now.

From a footballing standpoint it makes sense though. He's essentially a van der Vaart replacement, he'll probably rotate in that central position in support of Adebayor along with Gylfi Sigurdsson, whom Liverpool also tried and failed to sign. Unlike van der Vaart, he can put in a 90-minute shift. Unlike van der Vaart, he can play on the wing if called upon. Without Dempsey, cover for Bale and Lennon would be down to Andros Townsend and David Bentley.