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Fulham are believed to be considering a move to bring former fan favourite Mousa Dembele back to the club in a bid to stave off the threat of relegation from the Premier League.
The Belgian international has long been linked with a return to the club where he first made his name in the English top flight, before moving to Tottenham Hotspur for £15m back in August 2012.
And with new Spurs boss Tim Sherwood eager to trim a squad boasting an abundance of midfield options and give opportunities to academy youngsters like Nabil Bentaleb, Dembele could be among the first to head for the White Hart Lane exit.
The Belgian has thus far failed to replicate the kind of form that first convinced the north London club to acquire his services and with a World Cup looming large, the midfielder may be tempted to push for a move away in a bid to ensure first-team football for the remainder of the season.
Fulham could represent the most realistic option for the 26-year-old, with the club in desperate need of reinforcements to bolster their ailing campaign.
Martin Jol has already been sacked, while his replacement Rene Meulensteen is under increasing pressure to get results in the Premier League, particularly after their 4-1 humbling at the hands of fellow strugglers Sunderland.
The former Manchester United coach is a 20/1 outsider to be the next manager in the division to leave his post, but whether the Dutchman stays or goes, Fulham remain deep in the relegation mire.
Ladbrokes is offering evens on the Cottagers going down this term, though the creativity and hard work of Dembele could be enough to inspire the London club to another great escape.
With a price of 4/5 offered on Meulensteen's side surviving, the arrival of the Belgian midfielder, most likely on a loan deal until the end of the season, could be enough to ignite their campaign.
Although I think it's just a ploy to get people betting on the move. Also, they say "most likely a loan deal" well, that's not possible unless we make the Taarabt or Bent deals permanent, or just get rid of them all together.
I'd get rid of half the squad to bring Moose back.
Really can't see it, but if we do nothing else this window I would be 100% delighted with this.
So many 'coulds' and 'may bes' that this can only be speculation, rather than based on anything at all.
Still, you know, any chance..
It's not often I pray, but I am currently on my knees...
If Dembele MK1 came back I'd be absolutely delighted.
Well it wont happen because he has been playing fairly well when picked lately. But I guess we can dream.
What with Dembele and Dempsey back, both on loan, and then we survive, and they go back (as Clint certainly will in a six weeks!), next season's excuses already lined up: "We have never been the same since we lost D&D - difficult to replace.....". Goundhog day.
No
Never going to happen but pleeeeease oh pleaaaaseee let this happen against all odds.
Who would have thought Dempsey would have come back? stranger things happen and players wanting to impress national coaches need game time in the prem and that is where we come in
Oh please make it so, class player!!! Hard to think it will happen though
I see another report saying Spurs are interested in Berba
Swap away I say
( but realising that it is not going to happen )
Are you ready.....Two Mous(s)a Dembele, there's only two Mous(s)a Dembele....
As much as I hope this would happen I fell he would cost too much and be too good considering the fate we may face at the end of season
Let's make this happen, plus Nacer Chadli and Lewis Holtby, sustainability be damned - full steam ahead, RAMMING SPEED!!! :Get Coat gif:
"are believed to be considering". It means nothing.
You mean the Chadli that visited Fulham and siad he wanted a bigger club and when he got one can't get a game?
Would love this to happen, but can't see it going through to be honest...
Quote from: Bedford White on January 16, 2014, 04:05:24 PM
Let's make this happen, plus Nacer Chadli and Lewis Holtby, sustainability be damned - full steam ahead, RAMMING SPEED!!! :Get Coat gif:
Holtby sucks... no thanks...
Dembele would solve a great deal of problems...
Perhaps we could ask MAF for the £15 mil back that he had away so we can get MD back.
Spurs don't need to sell and he's developed further into a midfielder that can boss games so the £15 mil valuation has likely gone up (we should have held out for more anyway). We don't have that money.
Getting Moose back to provide a link between Parker and Berba/Dempsey would be a great help for the rest of this season. We would likely push into the top half if that were to happen. However, if I may speak sacrilege, $15 million is to much for him. Yes, he is a beauty to behold on the ball but really, the end result isn't always there. Granted, he never had a Berbatov to link with but being with better players at Spurs didn't bring out what I would have expected. He is a very good player, but like almost all players, he has to have the right situation to star. Course with Berbatov in the side it might not be the best thing for him here either.
Quote from: matt1988 on January 16, 2014, 08:53:01 PM
Spurs don't need to sell and he's developed further into a midfielder that can boss games so the £15 mil valuation has likely gone up (we should have held out for more anyway). We don't have that money.
I think he had a 15m trigger clause so we weren't able to hold out.
Quote from: mccscratch on January 16, 2014, 07:01:19 PM
Quote from: Bedford White on January 16, 2014, 04:05:24 PM
Let's make this happen, plus Nacer Chadli and Lewis Holtby, sustainability be damned - full steam ahead, RAMMING SPEED!!! :Get Coat gif:
Holtby sucks... no thanks...
Dembele would solve a great deal of problems...
Holtby is a talented player who's underutilized at Spurs, much like Murphy was before we signed him.
Read yesterday that we'd already filled our domestic loan quota with Bent and Taraabt? Would love for him to come back though!
Just like Nani, this one isn't going to happen. Levi wanted 10 million for Huddleston last January, so we won't be getting Dembele' this January for anywhere near 15. This transfer window has to be the best ever though, now that we've got a rich owner and an ex Manchester United coach, we're really being linked with the cream of the crop. Problem is, Macintosh holds the purse strings, so it's more likely to be old has been flops.
Most overrated player ever. Wouldn't want to waste 4 million on him.
Quote from: Fulhampete on January 16, 2014, 10:22:58 PM
Most overrated player ever. Wouldn't want to waste 4 million on him.
Agreed. Why waste £4 million on Dembele when you can spend it on Cameron Jerome?
Quote from: Fulhampete on January 16, 2014, 10:22:58 PM
Most overrated player ever. Wouldn't want to waste 4 million on him.
Dembele over rated? I'd argue he is the most under rated player in the Prem!
Offer them Berbs plus 15 m
Edit : on second thought, it would be great to see Berbs and Dembele click. With Parker and Sidwell, this might become the strong midfield we've been hoping for
Quote from: Count Berbatov on January 16, 2014, 11:43:26 PM
Offer them Berbs plus 15 m
Edit : on second thought, it would be great to see Berbs and Dembele click. With Parker and Sidwell, this might become the strong midfield we've been hoping for
Berba is apparently happy at Fulham, so they won't sell him for the sake of 2 million, that much I know. If he was unhappy, and wanted to go, different story. He'll still be here at the end of January.
If only it was true. Unfortunately it is always one wat traffic with Spurs. They steal our best players and we get their cast offs or Levy puts a ridiculous price on their head - Huddlestone, Defoe etc. he probably wants 30 million for Dembele
Quote from: St Eve on January 17, 2014, 01:24:10 AM
If only it was true. Unfortunately it is always one wat traffic with Spurs. They steal our best players and we get their cast offs or Levy puts a ridiculous price on their head - Huddlestone, Defoe etc. he probably wants 30 million for Dembele
No disputing that one.
Spurs - FulhamMichael Brown Terry Dyson Cliff Jones Alan Mullery (age 31) Alf Stokes Danny Murphy
[Obviously we got good mileage out of Mullery and Murph, but Spurs thought both were past it. You have to have quite a long memory to recall the horror of some of the other arrivals]
Fulham - Spurs Sean Davis Moussa Dembele Clint Dempsey John Lacy Steed Malbranque Alan Mullery(age 23)
Quote from: Admin on January 17, 2014, 12:12:26 AM
Quote from: Count Berbatov on January 16, 2014, 11:43:26 PM
Offer them Berbs plus 15 m
Edit : on second thought, it would be great to see Berbs and Dembele click. With Parker and Sidwell, this might become the strong midfield we've been hoping for
Berba is apparently happy at Fulham, so they won't sell him for the sake of 2 million, that much I know. If he was unhappy, and wanted to go, different story. He'll still be here at the end of January.
I know Admin. I've been half joking
Renee says no one has even made an enquiry for him, shame
Quote from: cmg on January 17, 2014, 04:25:46 AM
Quote from: St Eve on January 17, 2014, 01:24:10 AM
If only it was true. Unfortunately it is always one wat traffic with Spurs. They steal our best players and we get their cast offs or Levy puts a ridiculous price on their head - Huddlestone, Defoe etc. he probably wants 30 million for Dembele
No disputing that one.
Spurs - Fulham
Michael Brown Terry Dyson Cliff Jones Alan Mullery (age 31) Alf Stokes Danny Murphy
[Obviously we got good mileage out of Mullery and Murph, but Spurs thought both were past it. You have to have quite a long memory to recall the horror of some of the other arrivals]
Fulham - Spurs
Sean Davis Moussa Dembele Clint Dempsey John Lacy Steed Malbranque Alan Mullery(age 23)
All that really says is that Tottenham are a big club who take lesser clubs best players whilst we occasionally choose to take a punt on aging players from bigger clubs who may still have some mileage in them. Often they don't (Jones/Dyson) but sometimes they do (Murphy/Mullery)
Holtby is a quality player. He's just suffering from lack of sufficient game time. Dembele could be counted on to get the ball through a thicket of defenders to the final third over and over again. Does he always pass it off, once there, to a teammate? No. He often gets stripped at the end, almost always trying to go just a little too far forward with it on his own. But he CAN pass it off along the way, if only he would. And if he would, we'd have steady link up play to finishers.
And he's a tireless and effective defender in transition, with plenty of foot speed.
Forget Dempsey, Dembele is the man we need back.
Outstanding player.
Can't see any truth in this though, why would Spurs want to sell?
Garbage. Will never happen IMO
Oh gosh, Michael Brown. He was terrible.
Quote from: JDH101 on January 16, 2014, 10:28:51 PM
Quote from: Fulhampete on January 16, 2014, 10:22:58 PM
Most overrated player ever. Wouldn't want to waste 4 million on him.
Dembele over rated? I'd argue he is the most under rated player in the Prem!
So would I !
