Tottenham Midfielder Clint Dempsey On Verge of Signing With Seattle Sounders: Nightly Soccer Report

Clint Dempsey is turning his back on Tottenham Hotspur, and looks set to agree a deal to return to Major League Soccer and be allocated to Seattle Sounders. The transfer deal is reported to be £6million, while Dempsey will be on wages of £100,000 a week making him one of the most expensive players in league history, according to Richard Farley of Pro Soccer Talk.

NBC’s Pro Soccer Talk has confirmed that Dempsey is heading to Seattle after speaking with sources within the club.

While it’s a massive coup for MLS and Seattle Sounders to sign Dempsey, in a deal that may be wrapped up as early as this weekend, it’s shocking news that Dempsey is looking to hang up his Premier League boots when the American international still has so much to offer in England. Even if he was on his way out of Tottenham, there would be other Premier League sides interested in signing the Texas native.

What’s your opinion about why Dempsey is heading to Seattle? Is he making a wise move or not? Share your opinion in the comments section below.

Here are tonight’s world soccer headlines:

Premier League

• Clint Dempsey to Seattle: $9 million fee, $8 million salary sees Deuce back to MLS — Pro Soccer Talk
• Paris Saint-Germain defender Diego Lugano moves to West Brom — PSG
• Gareth Bale contemplates press conference to air his side of the story — Cadenaser
• Stoke eye Manchester City’s Scott Sinclair and New England Revolution’s Juan Aguledo — ESPN FC
• Kieron Dyer a wasted talent and poster boy for English game’s excesses — The Guardian
• Everton transfer news: Hamburg can’t afford to buy Nikica Jelavic — Metro
• Manchester United apologise over Moyes hiring — ToffeeWeb
• Agents blocking Gomis Newcastle move after Lyon agree fee — Shields Gazette
• Arsenal Thomas Vermaelen still ‘six weeks’ away from return to fitness – Metro
• Jose Mourinho says Spain striker Fernando Torres has a future at Stamford Bridge — Telegraph
• Everton, Newcastle and Fiorentina to fight it out for Porto defender Rolando — 101GG
• Luis Suarez has been given space to decide next move, says Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard — Telegraph
• Steven Gerrard tells Luis Suárez: stay at Liverpool to earn dream move — The Guardian
• Luis Suarez to consider transfer request in Liverpool dispute — BBC Sport
• Growing ticketing concern as Manchester United v Wigan Athletic struggle to sell out – Telegraph
• Wigan’s James McCarthy next in line with Bafetimbi Gomis on verge of Newcastle switch — Independent
• Liverpool didn’t give me a fair chance says Jonjo Shelvey of Swansea — The Mirror
• Chelsea and Madrid lead Champions Cup charge to make it big in America — The Guardian
• Arsenal and Wenger won’t jog that extra mile required in the current transfer market — Counter Attack
• Cardiff City in loan battle with West Ham for Real Madrid starlet Denis Cheryshev — Wales Online
• A cord-cutter’s dream: BT Sport for iOS serves up live streaming, highlights, news and more — TNW
• Luis Suarez ‘may take legal action’ over exit — Metro
• Robbie Fowler and Jamie Carragher to play in Steven Gerrard testimonial tomorrow — Liverpool FC
• Luis Suarez must behave if he joins Arsenal, warns Arsène Wenger — The Independent
• Darren Bent’s Fulham move on hold as Midlands club play hardball over £6m transfer fee — Telegraph
• Arsenal intensify efforts to sign Swansea captain Ashley Williams — The Mail

Football League

• Football League is not merely EPL’s poor relation. It’s fascinating & entertaining in its own right — Telegraph
• Kevin Davies: Bolton axe made me stronger, I want a promotion at Preston — The Mail
• Coventry handed 10-point penalty over stadium row — The Independent

Serie A

• Lazio’s Stefano Mauri to fight ban for failing to report match-fixing — The Guardian

International soccer

• Carlos Bocanegra not sweating his future with U.S. national team — Pro Soccer Talk
• FIFA chief investigator Robert Torres suspends Chuck Blazer probe — Sky Sports
• US vs. Mexico sells out; massive American Outlaws contingent expected — Pro Soccer Talk

Major League Soccer

• MLS Disciplinary Committee suspends three for this weekend — Pro Soccer Talk
• Quakes release statement regarding 1906 Ultras — San Jose Earthquakes
• MLS attendance down 3% to date; Chivas USA seeing 34% drop at StubHub Center — SB Daily

Bundesliga

• Bayern win the Audi Cup, VfB Stuttgart draw in Europa action — Bundesliga Fanatic

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