re: Dempsey put up for sale by Spurs??

what makes you say we're interested in him? I don't think we are. obviously, take what AW says with a grain of salt, but his prior comments about CB was that we scouted him and were surprised he went to Villa at that price. would seem to indicate we were aware of him/his value, and looked elsewhere.

I don't suppose anyone will agree with me, but it doesn't seem worth it to pay that much for him when we have Giroud (and Sanogo coming up, I suppose, but that less so). stylistically, they're similar in that neither are great goal-scorers, but excel at holding the ball up and getting teammates involved. I remember Lambert was getting blasted in British press early because of CB's lack of goal scoring when DARREN BENT BRITISH POACHER EXTRAORDINAIRE was sitting on the bench. he eventually banged in more goals, both overall and compared to Giroud, but I'm not sure he's someone who will consistently be a prolific goal scorer.

tl;dr he and giroud overlap talent-wise too much, I still have faith in giroud, would prefer we pick up a more complimentary striker option