Scottish Mag 3 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Portsmouth have accepted a bid from Tottenham to sign England striker Jermain Defoe on a five-year contract. The deal, which is expected to be worth about £15m, would mean Defoe returning to the club he left under a year ago. Harry Redknapp originally lured Defoe, 26, from White Hart Lane to Pompey for about £7.5m in 2008 when the Spurs manager was in charge at Fratton Park. "Portsmouth can confirm a fee has been agreed with Tottenham for Jermain Defoe," read a statement from Pompey. Any deal for Defoe would also have to take into account monies owed to Tottenham by Portsmouth in deals for Younes Kaboul and Pedro Mendes. Defoe, who is set to undergo a medical at Tottenham's training ground at Chigwell in Essex, had also been linked with Manchester City and Aston Villa. Redknapp is also keen to sign a left-sided midfielder in the current transfer window but Middlesbrough have already rejected a £6m bid for Stewart Downing from Spurs. Looks like Pompey are doing their best to help us stay up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13841 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Harry Redknapp originally lured Defoe, 26, from White Hart Lane to Pompey for about £7.5m in 2008 when the Spurs manager was in charge at Fratton Park. He's been there a year and they have managed to accept another £7.5m on the price tag. Top Spurring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Harry Redknapp originally lured Defoe, 26, from White Hart Lane to Pompey for about £7.5m in 2008 when the Spurs manager was in charge at Fratton Park. He's been there a year and they have managed to accept another £7.5m on the price tag. Top Spurring. The fee is probably bumped up due to the sell on clause they had... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Jermain Defoe's Spurs move moves ever closer, but the Premier League have just reminded everyone that the deal would technically break the rules because he left White Hart Lane less than a year ago and special dispensation will be needed to allow the deal to go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Jermaine Defoe he's a yiddo, Jermaine Defoe he's a yiddo, Jermaine Defoe he's a yiddo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_prso9 0 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 What happens at Portsmouth to make players values leap? Diarra doubled in price, now Defoe has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaMoUsE 0 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 aye pompey make shit loads of money on players. bought muntari for £7m sold to inter for €17.5m + add ons. look at glen johnson too hes worth loads more than what they paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5905 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Probably because they had a coaching/management system with Redknapp that made good players play well. Kinda like the opposite of what we do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Having said that, I bet they still owe Spurs money for Defoe as well as the other two mentioned so I doubt they'll make as much out of the deal as it sounds like. Still a canny profit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Jermain Defoe's Spurs move moves ever closer, but the Premier League have just reminded everyone that the deal would technically break the rules because he left White Hart Lane less than a year ago and special dispensation will be needed to allow the deal to go through. This was mentioned on the radio the other day. No doubt it will be waived as it's 'appy, lovable, 'arry who we all love (apparently). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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