"Dembele originally joined Fulham as a forward, although his ability to drive forward with the ball and his eye for a pass saw him played in an attacking midfield role last season, a move that proved a huge success, " explained a statement on the club website.
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His manager at Celtic, Neil Lennon, has played him in an attacking left-midfield role, but his ability to operate in central midfield or as a striker could be an asset to Scotland boss Craig Levein.
As both teams came to grips with Wigan's relaid pitch it was Liverpool who started the brighter, their initial attacking strategy to bypass midfield with both Jamie Carragher and Gerrard launching passes to try and release Torres.
Converted defender Ashley Williams helped marshal Wales' injury-depleted midfield, allowing Bale more attacking space, but David Edwards was unable to convert the full-back's whipped cross.
Fulham's 4-4-1-1 formation denied Basle the chance to settle on the ball in attacking areas while their three-pronged central midfield of Murphy, Greening and Dickson Etuhu dominated possession and dictated the game's tempo.
With Steven Gerrard injured, Benitez had picked what appeared to be an attacking line-up with Bolo Zenden joining Alonso in midfield and Crouch partnering Bellamy up front.
O'Neill signalled his attacking intentions by bringing Scotland Under-21 striker Shaun Maloney into midfield in place of Paul Lambert.
There were glimpses of real attacking intent from both sides, but all too often defensive and midfield players remained pinned back.
There was little else from Tottenham as an attacking threat as Wigan quickly came to terms with their opposition's five-man midfield and began to dominate.
Everton, with Mikel Arteta their conductor in central midfield, were showing the neater passing play against a Birmingham side looking solid without carrying much of an attacking threat.
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