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The Craven Cottage club have made an official complaint to the league authorities, accusing the Merseyside club of breaching rules by publicly declaring an interest in the American international.


They are unhappy that [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]’s media department reported comments from manager Brendan Rodgers about Dempsey. A website affiliated to Anfield’s American ­owners also mistakenly announced a deal was in place.


Liverpool made an inquiry for the 29 year-old last month but have not followed up with a bid and insist they have no further interest in the player. Dempsey has been left out of the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] squad since the start of the season, with Martin Jol blaming Liverpool for unsettling the forward.

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In an absolutely shocking move, U.S. international and former [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] midfielder [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] has signed with [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], pending a physical.

According to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], new Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas made an 11th-hour bid for the 29-year-old, which was accepted by Fulham.

There was some speculation that Dempsey, who was rumored to sign with [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], would turn down the deal. According to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], Fulham and [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] agreed upon a £7 million deal that would send Dempsey to the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]-based club.

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The United States national team forward completed a switch from his previous club Fulham with just minutes left before European soccer's trade deadline expired after agreeing to a contract worth an estimated $22.2 million over three years.

The terms of EPL contracts are not made public but a source close to the deal confirmed that Dempsey is committed to Tottenham until 2015, with Fulham receiving a transfer fee of $9.6 million as compensation for losing their biggest star.

Brad Friedel was previously the highest-paid American, with the goalkeeper having earned $6.59 million per season since he joined Tottenham last year.

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Clint Dempsey isn’t exactly clearing the air as he goes public for the first time – not counting a precious few words on Twitter – on the transfer melodrama that unfolded so unflatteringly last month.

The most important U.S. attacker barely had time to check into his new White Hart Lane address following last week’s 11th-hour move from Fulham to London rival Tottenham.

By Monday he was in Miami, where the U.S. national team will train for another day before Wednesday’s departure into Jamaica for Friday’s World Cup qualifier.

So, let’s look at what [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] there following Monday’s workout:

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Clint Dempsey made his first start for Tottenham in its 0-0 tie with Lazio in the Europa League Thursday in London. He had a goal disallowed for offside in the first half -- one of three Spurs' goals disallowed in a match marred by racist chants from visiting Lazio fans at White Hart Lane. Americans Terrence Boyd started for the hosts and Mix Diskerud, who squared off in Rosenborg's 2-1 win in Vienna, were among four other Americans to start on the first day of the group stage.

''I thought I was level with the line,'' Dempsey said on the offside goal on his header past goalkeeper Federico Marchetti in the 22nd minute. ''It was a good ball from [Gareth] Bale, and as it went in I thought I'd opened my account but it was waved offside. That's the way it goes sometimes. They defended well, set up to counterattack and were tough to break down. But we had some chances and were unlucky not to get the goal tonight."