Now Wenger has Clint in his eye
Posted Monday, May 07, 2012 by The Sun
TOP TARGET ... Clint Dempsey
ARSENAL will make the first move in the race for Fulham’s Clint Dempsey.
His contract expires next summer and the Cottagers’ have offered the USA international striker a new three-year deal.
Dempsey has 23 goals this term as an out-and-out striker but Gunners boss Arsene Wenger wants to play him behind Robin van Persie and Lukas Podolski.
Earlier in the week the front man, 29, was linked with a move to Liverpool after their chairman, Tom Werner, claimed any club would be lucky to have him.
But Fulham boss Martin Jol said: “If a manager does that it’s different as it’s a tap-up. If it’s an owner, he probably does not know the rules.”
If Arsenal fail to land Dempsey they have a plan B in place — with a firm interest in Blackburn’s striker Junior Hoilett, 21.
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