ARSENAL will make the first move in the race for Fulham’s Clint Dempsey.
His contract expires next summer and the Cottagers’ have offered the USA international striker a new three-year deal.Dempsey has 23 goals this term as an out-and-out striker but Gunners boss Arsene Wenger wants to play him behind Robin van Persie and Lukas Podolski.
Earlier in the week the front man, 29, was linked with a move to Liverpool after their chairman, Tom Werner, claimed any club would be lucky to have him.
But Fulham boss Martin Jol said: “If a manager does that it’s different as it’s a tap-up. If it’s an owner, he probably does not know the rules.”
If Arsenal fail to land Dempsey they have a plan B in place — with a firm interest in Blackburn’s striker Junior Hoilett, 21.
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