As with the sale of Steven Caulker, there were no prolonged negotiations from Spurs’ point of view or endless rumour in the press when it came to Clint Dempsey’s departure. Stories began to emerge at the end of last week and by Saturday, the club confirmed that Clint was now a Seattle Sounders player.
Dempsey had split opinion between supporters since his arrival – his quiet periods during games was noted while there’s no denying that he did score some important goals for Spurs during the 2012-13 campaign. It also seems as if head coach Andre Villas-Boas isn’t completely convinced that the club have done the right thing.
“The team is sad to see Clint depart because of his character within the team,” AVB said.
“In the end we had to do some business to help finance some deals in the transfer market and I think the agreement was in everybody’s interest, but the player will be sadly missed.”
The player leaves us after 43 appearances in less than a year and a Spurs career that produced 12 goals. Most important were his three strikes against the two Manchester clubs but will Clint Dempsey be sorely missed when the team lines up at the start of 2013-14?
No!
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No utter shit my 6 yr old sister strikes the ball better than that yank
Dempsey was a proven premier league player.
His goals to games record was comparable to VDV.
He wasn’t loved but made a big contribution last season. He was the right player at the wrong time.
Good luck to him.
considering he isn’t really a player that fits our team, only cost us a few million and joined us very close to the transfer window shutting so had no pre-season to gel with the squad…I think he did pretty well to get as many goals as he did, some important ones too! never going to be a fan favourite but worked hard and wasn’t a bad rotation player for cups etc