http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20696784 The Premier League is considering dropping its investigation into Liverpool's summer pursuit of former Fulham player Clint Dempsey after the Anfield club made a private apology. Fulham made a formal complaint in July after a story appeared on the Liverpool owners' Fenway Sports Group website, claiming Dempsey had moved to Anfield. They withdrew the complaint after receiving a written apology from Liverpool chairman Tom Werner. The league will now consider the case. But there remains a possibility that Liverpool could face punishment if the Premier League board decides they have breached regulations. "Liverpool's Chairman Tom Werner apologised personally to Mohamed Al Fayed, stating that his club were wholly responsible for unprofessional behaviour toward Fulham and emphasised his regret for the entire episode," Fulham said in a statement. "In a letter from Liverpool to Fulham's chief executive Alistair Mackintosh, Tom Werner's praise of the magnanimous gesture from the chairman was reiterated, as was the club's assurance that the conduct of Liverpool was simply not acceptable. "The chairman decided that this sincere action was enough, and as a gesture of goodwill, instructed that all complaints against them be dropped." Liverpool ultimately missed out on the player in August, with Dempsey, 29, eventually joining Tottenham on deadline day. Dempsey did not feature for Fulham before his move after telling manager Martin Jol he no longer wanted to play for the club. The Premier League has been investigating the case since July, gathering evidence from both sides with a view to making a final decision in the weeks ahead. However, with Liverpool yet to gave their side of the story, the Anfield club moved to calm the tensions between the clubs by issuing a private apology. The row began when the original story mistakenly appeared on the FSG website. Later that day, Rodgers went on to admit Liverpool had enquired about Dempsey and a story then appeared on the club's official website, reporting the comments made by the manager, further angering Fulham officials. "Clint is a player we've enquired about, it is as simple as that," Rodgers said at the time. "Ian Ayre, our managing director, has spoken with the club to see what the position is. That is where we're at. He's a very talented player but we don't like to talk about other clubs' players." That original post was an published by mistake, with overnight staff in the United States putting a story that claimed the Reds had "added Clint Dempsey to a team that came within a game of winning the FA Cup" to the FSG website.
IF The premiership do decide to take action against us then LFC should publish the whole text of any written communication with Fulham. The statements from Fulham given above appear to be highly edited.
[h=1]Premier League: Fulham accept Liverpool apology over Clint Dempsey attempts[/h] http://www1.skysports.com/football/...Liverpool-apology-over-Clint-Dempsey-attempts
Page, that piece by SKY only has quotes from Fulham and none from either Werner's conversation of the official LFC letter. It comes directly from the PR Office at Craven Cottage. What did Werner actually apologise for? If he took responsibility for the NESG publication then he's an idiot if he did not expressly state that, whilst there are corporate relationships with LFC, the statement was not initiated by LFC. After the legal debacle over Suarez, I would have thought the lawyers would have been all over this. If not then it is another example of piss poor executive management. Remember Al Fayed is no stranger to twisting things to the limit.
So you think that, effectively, Fulham are slandering the right honorable Werner by posting this? Why would this make any sense at all, especially since Fulham have dropped the complaint. It's ok to be in denial, but don't completely ignore the facts - Rodgers' comments on Dempsey were over the line as well, this coupled with the Fenway website blunder is down to Liverpool. Mind you, I doubt the PL/FA will do anything, I doubt they intended to in the first place.
Nothing on the club website or NESN, but if hes been mis-quoted surely he'll come out of the woodwork and say so dave.
The complaint never reached the FA hearing stage so LFC are not guilty of anything are they? Dempsey wanted away from Fulham bigtime but was given the chance to stay, where is he now?
I never said that Fulham slandered Werner. I did say that it was possible that they had ben very selective in releasing the detail of both the conversation and letter. Why would it be so surprising for Fulham to withdraw the complaint whilst at the same time attempting to demonstrate that they has achieved their only objective ? You must be a very delicate flower if you can claim that Rodger's only recored comments regarding Dempsey were "over the line". He only told the truth - perhaps your Chairman should take note.
