Brendan Rodgers Will Try to Bring Clint Dempsey to Liverpool, Says Report: The Nightly EPL

According to a report in a British tabloid, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers will step in to try to broker a deal to bring Clint Dempsey to Anfield. Liverpool is reportedly willing to bid £7.5million to bring the American to Merseyside, with Sunderland and Roma ready to step in if the deal breaks down. Newspaper gossip, or based in fact? We’ll find out after the transfer window closes on Friday night.

Here are the latest Premier League news headlines:

• Brendan Rodgers will try to broker a deal to bring Clint Dempsey to Liverpool — The Mirror
• Liverpool are ready to listen to offers for midfielder Joe Cole — Sky Sports
• Andre Villas-Boas says he is hopeful of bringing new players into the club before window closes — BBC Sport
  
• What Aston Villa’s poor start means for Brad Guzan — Pro Soccer Talk
  
• Big interview: Olivier Giroud — The Guardian
  
• Wayne Rooney is likely to be out for four weeks after suffering a leg injury — Sky Sports
• Roy Hodgson ditches England standby list for future squads — The Guardian
• Arsenal launches Storify page in lead-up to match against Stoke City — Arsenal FC
• Rogers Communications purchases The Score Television Network — Canadian Sports Media Blog
  
• Ian Holloway insists he will do all he can to hold onto Tom Ince — Sky Sports
  

Before I go, here’s a clip of Usain Bolt having too much fun on the pitch at Old Trafford today: