Premier League - Defoe wants out of Portsmouth

Eurosport - Fri, 02 Jan 10:08:00 2009

Portsmouth executive chairman Peter Storrie has said star striker Jermain Defoe has expressed a wish to leave Fratton Park.

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The England international has been strongly linked with a January move back to Tottenham, where he would be reunited with former Pompey boss Harry Redknapp.

Portsmouth are eager to keep hold of Defoe - who was angered after being left on the bench by manager Tony Adams in the defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium last month - as they look to climb the Premier League table.

However, Storrie said Defoe looks set to quit the South Coast outfit just 12 months after moving from Spurs.

"It looks like Jermain wants to go," he told the Portsmouth News. "That is something we will be speaking to him about."

However, Storrie added that Pompey will not allow their £7.5 million forward - who has also been linked with Aston Villa - to leave in a cut-price deal.

"If Jermain goes it will be at our price and if there is an offer which appeals," he said.

"We have always said we will not keep people who do not want to play for Portsmouth Football Club."

Spurs boss Redknapp had told Sky: "If we could agree a fee with Portsmouth, then fine: he is a good player.

"They haven't got to sell him if they don't want to. If they say 'no' then that is the end of the story."

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  1. Defoe to small club spurs because he would never get in the Arsenal team - or at any big club - because he is a sulky little boy who will only play when he wants.

    From Martin, on Fri 2 Jan 6:26PM

  2. Dont blame the bloke he,s got to go were he can get first team football every week. sod the money ha ha.he,s worth double 7.5 mil whoever get,s him will be a lucky team .

    From johnafcairns, on Fri 2 Jan 6:04PM

  3. Dont blame the bloke he,s got to go were he can get first team football every week. sod the money ha ha.he,s worth double 7.5 mil whoever get,s him will be a lucky team .

    From johnafcairns, on Fri 2 Jan 6:04PM

  4. Dont blame the bloke he,s got to go were he can get first team football every week. sod the money ha ha.he,s worth double 7.5 mil whoever get,s him will be a lucky team .

    From johnafcairns, on Fri 2 Jan 6:04PM

  5. Rock and Roll, U R are just talking right thro' your backside! Just 'cos Tottennumb casually poached Dirty Harry and Turncoat Jordan, U think u r the bees knees, swellhead! @#$%! What Did they gain from buggering off 2 Spuds anyway? your so called "big"(??) club r also up 4 sale, and you're still only just above the relegation drop zone! bet you've never even been anywhere near Pompey!! U should have been at Southsea for the great Cup Final victory parade last May - fantastic atmosphere, with over 200,000 fans there! and all the way down from Fratton Park and further away......
    .......with your anti-Sol "fans", Pompey fans are way better than Spuds any day, including the Hants accents!

    From Tony H, on Fri 2 Jan 5:36PM

  6. So Jermaine Defoe wants to leave Portsmouth, they turn down an offer and he then calls in sick. Is this the same Jermaine Defoe who wanted to leave West Ham and when they refused to sell him kept getting sent off? Coincidence or am I being cynical?

    From kilworthsprings, on Fri 2 Jan 5:30PM

  7. I agree, I mean how can you knock Pompey fans?
    Every football fan knows how good we are, when I go to watch England evryone says how passionate we are, and they all have respect for us.
    this rock and roll aint a football lad, hes just a @#$%

    From Michael S, on Fri 2 Jan 2:48PM

  8. Rock and roll u sound like an old man with nothing better than to rant on web sites.....

    u should google the worst city in england, and i believe middlesbourgh actaully one!!!! @#$%!

    From cjohnstonuk, on Fri 2 Jan 2:43PM

  9. Rock and roll.... anyone with the slightest bit of intelegence, can tell the distinct differance between london and pompey accent! i live in dubai, and people here can clearly tell the differance, u eithera scummer where they dont go to school, or just plain dumb!!!!

    From cjohnstonuk, on Fri 2 Jan 2:40PM

  10. rock and roll=fool

    From cjohnstonuk, on Fri 2 Jan 2:38PM

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    From , on Fri 2 Jan 2:15PM

  12. Shannon Matthews aint from Pompey.
    We talk in a Hampshire accent so I dunno what your talking about their.
    Most of Spurs fans are from North Essex or the other home counties, there a little team with no success, and bunch of supporters that no-one in the counrty likes or respects. This Rock and Roll is either a scummer or a spurs fan with a chip on his shoulder. either way he dont know his football.

    From Michael S, on Fri 2 Jan 1:53PM

  13. YOU SOUND LIKE A RIGHT BENDER ROCK AND ROLL YOU PROBABLY STILL LIVE WITH YOUR MUM

    From Mart, on Fri 2 Jan 1:36PM

  14. SEEMS THE PORTSCUM IN BREDS ARE REELING.........................SPURS ARE THE BIGGEST CLUB WITHIN 80 MILES OF YOU SAD DIRTBAGS........................ EVEN SAINTS ARE BIGGER........ONE THING MOST CLUBS AGREE ON, IS SOUTHAMPTON MAYBE A SMALLISH CLUB COMPARED TO US AND OTHERS, BUT THEY ARE SOME OF THE MOST LOYAL FANS IN THE COUNTRY.......... SEASON TICKETS SALES WILL DIMINISH WHEN YOU IN BREDS GO DOWN. SAINTS WILL STILL SUPPORT...........THEY HAVE THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF A SUCCESSFUL CLUB, UNLIKE YOU FAIR WEATHER FILTH................ CROUCH IS OUT OF THERE` AND DONKEY IS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO SPEND SOME OF DEFS AND CROUCHIES MONEY, ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU GET THOUGH. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Fri 2 Jan 12:37PM

  15. and Southmapton have never had a result out of Pompey, NEVER
    As for Spurs, we only turn out for the big clubs mate

    From Michael S, on Fri 2 Jan 12:27PM

  16. Spurs ran at Fratton Park last year and the year before

    From Michael S, on Fri 2 Jan 12:25PM

  17. IT SEEMS COFFFESAM IS A SAILORSAM. SUPPORT SPURS YOU FILTHY LITTLE IN BRED, AS NOTHING IN THAT SH&T HOLE OF A TOWN IS WORTH SAVING. IT COMES TO SOMETHING WHEN MOST PORTSCUM RESIDENTS TRAVEL TO BITTER RIVALS SAINTS TO WATCH A TEAM IN A DECENT STADIUM. KEEP DREAMING LOSERS. SEE YOU SOON DEFOE................. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. GONIG DOWN IN FLAMES PORTSCUM..............

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Fri 2 Jan 12:15PM

  18. How can you say Southampton's fans are better than Pompey's?Thats a ridiculous claim mate, everbody knows that Pompey have some of the best fans in the country, were famous for our passion and support. Il admit im slightly biased but other non-pompey fans would back me up.
    As for 'off the pitch' il just say one thing rock and roll
    657- enuff said!

    From Michael S, on Fri 2 Jan 12:14PM

  19. why any top team would want defoe baffles me he has flopped everywhere he has played half a good season playing alongside crouch does not suddenly make him world class he doesnt score regularly for portsmouth if they can find some mug to pay 15 million
    + tey should grab it quick and laugh all the way to the bank sell james as well and give adams the money and he will build a team that will be consistant for a long time and not rely on players coming up to pension age sell them to redcrap and watch them go down

    From chris l, on Fri 2 Jan 12:07PM

  20. rock and roll.your fans at @#$% hart lane couldnt create an atmosphere in a garden shed.you must have a @#$% life if all you can do all morning is slag teams off for no reason....have you ever actually had sex?not including your hand you sad @#$%.now if you'll excuse me i'm off coz i actually have a life.enjoy your typing you pathetic muppet.

    From , on Fri 2 Jan 12:07PM
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