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West Ham agree fee in region of £15m with Liverpool for Andy Carroll


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He'll sign by the time we hit 1000 pages, if not I'll go bare back on a Hump Back Whale.

 

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Guest bimpy474

He'll sign by the time we hit 1000 pages, if not I'll go bare back on a Hump Back Whale.

 

Leave Mrs Bimpy out of this.

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Liverpool preparing a £5m bid for Dempsey (who rejected newest offer from Fulham) if they can get rid of Carroll. (Goal)

 

Would rather us pay Fulham the 5 million for Dempsey tbh (obviously).

 

How old is Dempsey?

Not young, could be said to be at peak though - 29

 

Great little player. Can't see Fulham selling him for only 5 million though, and at that age he doesn't really fit our transfer policy.

 

See the thing about Dempsey is he doesn't have the same mileage as similar 29-year olds. He's only got 309 career caps, whereas someone like Moussa Dembele, who's 4 years younger, already has 295. Playing college ball followed by 3 short MLS seasons has kept him incubated.

 

For more comparisons, Jermain Defoe is also 29 (hard to believe, I know) and has 470 career caps. Franck Ribery has 409 and Jonas has 356.

 

And it's not even that Dempsey has been a fringe player up until this year.

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Dempsey for me, like.

 

How about if they were available at approximately the same fee and wages (which I don't think is far from reality, and that's before even mentioning we're offering a loan, not a flat out transfer)?

 

If the fee was under £10 million which it probably will be for Dempsey?

 

Hmm. Tough one, Dempsey is more flexible but older. Probably still Dempsey.

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Dempsey for me, like.

 

How about if they were available at approximately the same fee and wages (which I don't think is far from reality, and that's before even mentioning we're offering a loan, not a flat out transfer)?

 

If the fee was under £10 million which it probably will be for Dempsey?

 

Hmm. Tough one, Dempsey is more flexible but older. Probably still Dempsey.

 

We could get at least 2-3 solid years out of Dempsey. And he's flexible positionally, something Carroll really isn't. Can play all along the front line if need be (but probably best on the left).

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Is this Dempsey talk actually linked to anything? Or just talk?

 

He's not been linked to us, but to Liverpool if they can get rid of Carroll. Just been saying we might as well cut out the middle man and go straight for Dempsey instead.

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Ride without saddle, or shag without condom?

 

Whatever floats your boat.

 

Gotta fight 'em great whites at the same time.

 

Steady on, lets find a Hump Back Whale first.

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Career caps ffs.

 

Quite a relevant point, if you ignore the dodgy terminology. Reckon we'll see more players who start young burning out early.

 

Like Maldini or Seedorf you mean?

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