Clint Dempsey Interview: Star Talks to B/R About Fulham, MLS and the World Cup

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Published: March 4, 2014

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As soon as the United States had officially clinched their place at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Clint Dempsey knew where he wanted to begin his preparations.

After his return to Major League Soccer with the Seattle Sounders was interrupted by a couple of frustrating injuries, Dempsey did not want to spend the offseason resting. He wanted to be playing, and at the highest level possible.

For Dempsey, that meant returning to the Premier League and, more specifically, Fulham, where he first made his name in European football with a club that still feels like “home.”

Home might have had something of a remodel since Dempsey left in 2012—changing owner (once) and manager (twice)—but Dempsey was still eager to return, despite the club also being embroiled in a relegation battle.

“I’m grateful to Fulham for allowing me to come back on loan, where it all kind of started for me in Europe,” Dempsey tells Bleacher Report. “There were other clubs that I had options to go to, but Fulham has always kind of been like home to me.”

With the club at the bottom of the league and even replacing head coach Rene Meulensteen with German disciplinarian Felix Magath while Dempsey was at the club, the 30-year-old (he turns 31 on Sunday) got a little lost in the turmoil, completing just three matches (two of them FA Cup ties) during his tenure without managing to get on the scoresheet.

Nevertheless, he does not regret the decision.

“I knew they were down toward the bottom of the table and it was going to be a difficult situation that I was going into,” he adds. “I wanted to come back and get back to playing with some of the best competition, work on my fitness and form and try to help the team as much as I could.

“The most important thing is making sure that we survive because Fulham deserves to be in the Premier League&...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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