Story from the Guardian.. Dempsey plus 9 million for Carroll ??

[Bassey the warrior]

Not for me. I'd rather keep Dempsey than get Carroll. For £9 million we could get a better striker. Or at least a striker more suited to our style. £15 million for Carroll would be a waste. He isn't a bad striker he's just not suited to our style. He'd do well at West Ham, Norwich or Stoke.

[Holders]

I'd rather keep Dempsey and I really can't see Carroll fitting into Jol's system. However, Carroll plus £9m for Dempsey doesn't seem that unreasonable and we could always sell him on for a profit after a season...

[Abbotsbury White]

Surely the main point re Demps is does he want to stay?if not he's got to go and if he has to go a deal that brings in an English international who has a proven premier league goal scoring record and was being courted by all just over a year ago in my eyes is damn good business...but there again I do not think it will happen.

[cottage cheese]

Surely the main point re Demps is does he want to stay?if not he's got to go and if he has to go a deal that brings in an English international who has a proven premier league goal scoring record and was being courted by all just over a year ago in my eyes is damn good business...but there again I do not think it will happen.

But i think the club should get more from Liverpool as they are a direct rival in the league and what is the point of giving them our best player?

Peronally if no other club comes sniffing for dempsey, I say keep him. Ye he may go on a free but he will be 31 and who knows...maybe he might sign a new contract during the season if we start well and push on.

[Berserker]

If we give 9m for Carroll that means all our transfer money gone, thus we will have no money to buy other players we need. Also what about Carroll's wages, which i imagine are huge.

[Rupert]

Also what about Carroll's wages, which i imagine are huge.

Absolutely, this alone would almost certainly be the deal-breaker. We have a wage structure, and I can't see us wrecking it for one player, nor that player being willing to take a large pay cut. Last week everyone was going on about clubs reducing the amount of TV money that goes straight into player's (and agent's) pockets.

[TonyGilroy]

I don't for one minute think that Carroll would come to us, that Jol would think he would be a good fit for our style of play or that we would give him a contract as lucrative as his present one.

BUT

Dempsey is worth nothing next summer and for £9M Carroll would be a financial snip as his sale on value would far exceed that.

AND

If we also spent money on a winger like Sinclair to provide some crosses....

[BalDrick]

I don't for one minute think that Carroll would come to us, that Jol would think he would be a good fit for our style of play or that we would give him a contract as lucrative as his present one.

BUT

Dempsey is worth nothing next summer and for £9M Carroll would be a financial snip as his sale on value would far exceed that.

AND

If we also spent money on a winger like Sinclair to provide some crosses....

^^^^^^^All that basically^^^^^^^

[King_Crud]

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[BalDrick]

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[sipwell]

she has beautiful hair

Where is that fit women over (and indeed under) 40 thread? High time for a resurrection

Do you have a number of turned-40 lasses to add?

[BalDrick]

she has beautiful hair

Where is that fit women over (and indeed under) 40 thread? High time for a resurrection

Do you have a number of turned-40 lasses to add?

Not really but always nice to have a scroll through