Defoe prefers Tottenham return over Villa move
Yesterday, I reported that Aston Villa were making a £16m offer for Portsmouth striker Jermain Defoe. Since then, Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill has denied making any such move, and as it happens, the non-interest may be mutual.
Today, the Mail reported that Defoe met with Pompey manager Tony Adams yesterday and stated his preference to move to Tottenham and reunite with Harry Redknapp as opposed to going to Aston Villa.
Portsmouth are said to favor any deal involving Villa, considering the amount of money that they’re willing to pay for Defoe, and a move to Villa would also have great benefits for Defoe. I mean hey, you’d rather be fighting for the Champions League than staving off relegation, right?
But, Redknapp did help offer him a lifeline when his career stalled at Tottenham, and this could be his way of repaying the favor. However, is Redknapp willing to pony up the necessary funds? He recently said that he likely wouldn’t be able to afford him, but if Spurs are making £12m offers for Craig Bellamy, then that’s a good indication that they can afford a sizable bid for Defoe.
Topics: Aston Villa, English Premier League, Football Transfers, Portsmouth, Tottenham
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would love defoe back and bellamy come on u spurs splash the cash give us something to be happy about levy
December 30th, 2008 @ 22:21Would love Defoe back at Spurs think it was abigger mistake & loss than selling the sulk & the liverpoo fan JD’S heart is still at Spurs so come on Levy SPLASH THE CASH
December 31st, 2008 @ 01:27Defoe is needed and he loves us, he was forced out by Ramos who didnt rate him (for no good reason). However do you not think Mr. Levy will eat his weight in bitter humble pie and pay twice as much for a player he shafted a year ago? Nope, instead he’ll get that gobby, ageing, injury prone freak and we will be doomed! Oh how he might be regretting not signing Arshavin who was desperate for us in the summer…
December 31st, 2008 @ 05:38where did the 50 million go for berbatov and keane levy did say that it would go towards new players in january so why is it that we cannot afford players also rocha,boteng,tarabat plus jenas,dawson,bale hopefully are sold as we dont need them
December 31st, 2008 @ 07:16the answer to all this is spurs will by old for big bucks instead of young good talent, bring in defoe sell dawson, king, bent,jenas and also forget about downing to much money for little class.
December 31st, 2008 @ 20:37