Premier League - Defoe receives death threats

Eurosport - Sun, 04 Jan 17:26:00 2009

Jermain Defoe has received threats from Portsmouth fans angered by the prospect of him leaving the club that have left him "infuriated".

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The England striker looks increasingly likely to leave Fratton Park with Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and even Juventus being linked with a move for him.

And Defoe has revealed he has suffered similar abuse to the threats Harry Redknapp received upon leaving Pompey and joining rivals Southampton.

"I have absolutely no idea how they got hold of my number but some of the calls have made me sick to my stomach," he told the Sunday Mirror.

"I have reported it to officials at the club, but cannot accept that it is coming from people with a balanced state of mind.

"It has infuriated and upset my family and left me wondering what on earth possesses people to do things like that."

A return to Tottenham - the club Defoe left in the last January transfer window for Portsmouth for around £7.5 million - was being negotiated, but Spurs chairman Daniel Levy refused to meet Pompey chief executive Peter Storrie's current valuation of the 26-year-old.

Defoe revealed his desire to return to North London and reunite with his former boss, saying: "If Portsmouth can agree an acceptable deal with Tottenham I would like the opportunity to talk to them.

"I've enjoyed my time immensely here, but I can't deny that Harry Redknapp's departure as manager hit me hard particularly because he was the primary reason why I joined Portsmouth in the first place and said so at the time.

"I enjoy being around him because he brings the best out of me and that is all you can ask for from a manager."

Redknapp indicated that talks had come to and end on Friday following his current side's 3-1 win over Wigan in the FA Cup.

When asked about the potential price of signing Defoe, Redknapp said: "I think it's in excess of £20 million probably.

"The two clubs are miles apart in their valuation of the player so I think we'll have to move on."

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  1. IF DEFOE IS UR FAMILY MEMBER WILL U CHAT @#$% ABT­ HIM?OR BOTHER ABT WAT CLUB HE IS GOIN????

    From Charles, on Wed 7 Jan 3:48PM

  2. I have supported Portsmouth Man and boy and what my­ wife has just written is true why treat people like­ that.................

    From 007 and a half, on Tue 6 Jan 8:36PM

  3. What is wrong with all you so called Portsmouth­ fan's.......first you abuse Harry Redknapp ringing­ him and saying you wish he was dead and his son wife­ and grandson and now you abuse Defoe......no wonder you­ can't keep player's and manager's at the­ club if thats the way you treat them....if people want­ to move on its there choice are we all supposed to stay­ in the same houses the same jobs etc no life moves­ forward....leave to them to it and get on with your own­ life's for god's sake move on and get behind­ your club......its sad to see people stoop so­ low......I support Liverpool the club not players and­ managers.....We may loose Gerrard if it all goes wrong­ for him but hey it wont stop me supporting Liverpool­ come on head out of the gutters .....

    From 007 and a half, on Tue 6 Jan 8:34PM

  4. Manchester City can't afford him or they would have­ outbid us!

    From Perry Neeham, on Tue 6 Jan 6:34PM

  5. NOT ME, Hes a little slag!
    Deserves everything he­ gets.
    We revived his career, took him when nobody­ wanted him, and then he stabs us in the back!
    Little­ @#$%!
    Speaks volumes for football today, its all about­ the moneyyyyyyyyyyyy

    From Michael S, on Tue 6 Jan 4:36PM

  6. i think defoe shouldn't move... Portsmouth is the­ best club for him at the moment. Some sick threats are­ not relevant. Go on Defoe. You are a good lad.­ Tottenham does not deserve you.

    From Vlad, on Tue 6 Jan 1:28PM

  7. CALM DOWN PORTSC"M FILTH...........YOUR FANS AND­ CLUB WERE NEVER A PREM CLUB ANYWAY, SO WHY TRY AND PLAY­ WITH THE BIG BOYS?..............

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Tue 6 Jan 8:31AM

  8. jesus christ i really was right... you dont have a­ hobby! 3 comments at once.. you must be exhausted! as­ for getting to me... have you taken the time to realise­ your age, and the site you are on? this is a place for­ adult conversation... not bitter and twisted one brain­ cell men like you! its impossible for you to label­ portsmouth a bad place.. likewise.. we havent labelled­ tottenham a bad place just cos your an @#$% have we.­ Some tottenham fans who understand how to have adult­ banter.. would be disgraced at the ignorance and­ arrogance you have shown in your comments.. so it is­ you.. who is the laughing stock... not being able to­ handle a little bit of banter... oh dear!

    From Yvonne, on Mon 5 Jan 8:18PM

  9. AS FOR SOUTHAMPTON NOT BEING IN THE PREMIERSHIP, I­ DON'T THINK THEY'D SWAP A FAMILY CLUB IN THE­ CHAMPIONSHIP, FOR A PREMIERSHIP PLACE IF THEY HAD A­ FILTHY DRUG RAVAGED VIOLENT CITY, WITH GANGSTER MONEY,­ WHICH INCIDENTLY IS JUST GOING TO BE PULLED OUT TO­ LEAVE YOU FILTHY LOT IN WORSE SHAPE THAN YOU COULD EVER­ IMAGINE. NO, BUT I BET YOU FILTH WOULD.........OH, YOU­ HAVE YOUR WISH.........ANYWAY FILTH, ENJOY US BEAT MAN­ U WITH YOUR MANAGER AND A FEW CREAM PLAYERS THAT YOU­ NEVER DESERVED IN THE FIRST PLACE.......HA HA HA HA HA

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Mon 5 Jan 7:43PM

  10. IT SEEMS MY TALK OF SOUTHAMPTON REALLY GOT TO­ YOU.......IS THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A MUCH BETTER­ CLEANER CITY, WHERE THEIR FANS ACT LIKE FANS AND NOT­ ANIMALS???????? GET OVER IT PORTSC"M, YOU ARE­ HATED EVERYWHERE YOU TRAVEL AND HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST­ CRIME RATES IN ENGLAND............

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Mon 5 Jan 7:42PM

  11. I CERTAINLY UN-LOCKED THE PORTSC"M HATRED THAT­ TIME............WHAT WILL YOU DO, SEND ME A DEATH­ THREAT??????????????? THANKS AGAIN FOR PROVING MY POINT­ PORTSC"M, THAT YOU ARE A USELESS GUTLESS OUTFIT,­ WITH USELESS GUTLESS SC"M FANS............

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Mon 5 Jan 7:40PM

  12. sorry... your a sperm fan?? ohhhhh a spurs fan... oh­ well still the same thing in your case! I appear to­ have touched a nerve... and when refering to­ southampton... i wish to E.X.P.R.E.S.S it to you that­ they are NOT in the premiership for a reason... so­ judging them better than portsmouth just makes you look­ thick! .S.O.R.R.Y, I.S T.H.I.S B.E.T.T.E.R F.O.R Y.O.U­ T.O U.N.D.E.R.S.T.A.N.D????
    What is your purpose on­ this earth or even this website?? you obnoxious air­ consuming tit! get a hobby as i said... i.e.. playing­ chicken with the traffic on the A3.. or train­ spotting... if you stand on the tracks you may see the­ train driver, hopefully he will be from portsmouth and­ accelerate!

    From Yvonne, on Mon 5 Jan 7:22PM

  13. WELL IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BIG WORDS AND A­ DICTIONARY, I THINK YOU'LL FIND IT'S SENTENCES,­ NOT sentances, YOU PATHETIC PORTSC"M­ LOSER...........DON'T YOU FEEL JUST A BIT STUPID,­ HAVING THE NERVE TO TALK ABOUT SOMEONES INTELLIGENCE­ AND POST, WHILST MAKING MISTAKES???????????? I DOUBT­ IT, BUT THANKS FOR PROVING MY POINT, YOU IN-BRED­ SC"M, THAT THE MAJORITY OF PORTSC"M FANS,­ FIND TIME TO SLATE EVERYTHING, NOT REALISING THEY HAVE­ NOTHING TO OFFER THEMSELVES. THEY ARE THE MOST HATED­ TEAM IN THE LEAGUE.............GO AND HARP ON ALL DAY­ ABOUT HOW GOOD YOU ARE AND WHAT A GREAT TEAM YOU HAVE,­ IN YOUR PHONEY LONDON ACCENT, YOU ARE THE LAUGHING­ STOCK OF THE LEAGUE, ACTUALLY YOU ARE AN EMBARRASSMENT­ WITH YOUR DISGUSTING TOWN AND PEOPLE........... WE NEED­ GOOD FOOTBALLING TEAMS IN THE PREM, WITH GROUNDS THAT­ WE ARE PROUD TO SHOW TO VISITING EURO AND INTERNATIONAL­ SIDES. NOT S"1THOLES THAT A SUNDAY SIDE WOULD BE­ EMBARRASSED OF ..................BEING ONE OF THE­ SOUTHCOAST CLUBS SHOULD CARRY A PROUDNESS TO SHOW THE­ WORLD WE CARE ABOUT OUR ENGLISH FOOTBALL......TAKE A­ LEAF OUT OF SOUTHAMPTONS BOOKS AND STAY AWAY FROM THE­ MAFIA CROOKS AND BUILD A GOOD CLUB ON HONEST­ MONEY..........OH, I AM A SPURS FAN, YOU'RE­ OBVIOUSLY A NEWBE PORTSC"M..........

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Mon 5 Jan 6:57PM

  14. rock and roll.. you seem to have nothing better to do­ with your time. that must have taken you a good few­ hours to write that one... didnt anyone ever tell you,­ never just pick out words from a dictionary and throw­ them into sentances to make it seem intelligent... you­ appear to love wasting your time slating pompey fans...­ which to me, for spending so much time thinking of­ these big words to say... you must have a soft spot for­ pompey. why dont you get a hobby! ;-) you fail to also­ state which team it is you.... FOLLOW.... ashamed are­ we? ;-)

    From Yvonne, on Mon 5 Jan 6:29PM

  15. YOU ARE NOT THERE ON MERIT. YOU ARE THERE BECAUSE A­ FILTHY CROOK THAT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION LIKE HIS­ FATHER, IS LOOKING FOR LEGITIMATE PLACES TO LAUNDER HIS­ MONEY. IF YOU THINK THAT IS MERIT, YOU PROVE TO ALL­ OTHER "REAL FOOTBALL FANS" OF FOOTBALL, WHY­ BEING A PORTSMOUTH FAN IS DISLIKED. YOU CAN DRAW LINES­ BETWEEN THUGS, SC"M THAT CARRY OUT DEATH THREATS­ AND YOURSELF, BUT NOT ONE OF YOU REFUSED THIS FILTHY­ MONEY...............OH, AND BEFORE YOU USE MY GRAMMAR,­ CAPITALS THROUGHOUT MY POST AND ANY OTHER EXCUSE RATHER­ THAN THE ISSUE IN HAND AS YOU'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY,­ REMEMBER, IF YOUR FILTHY GANGSTER OF AN OWNER DID KEEP­ HIS BLOOD MONEY IN YOUR CLUB, EVERYTHING YOU HAVE­ DEFENDED IE; QUAINT UN-FASHIOABLE CLUB ETC, WOULD NO­ LONGER EXIST. NEITHER WOULD THE REASONABLY PRICED­ TICKETS FOR THE YOUNGSTERS AND PARENTS, NOR FOR THE­ MATTER, ANY PART OF THE CLUB SYMBOLIC OF THE WORKING­ CLASS THAT BUILT PFC IN THE FIRST PLACE..............IF­ YOU WANT TO DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF FROM THE DEATH­ THREAT SC"M, START BY POINTING THE FINGER AT THE­ MONEY MEN THAT DEAL IN DEATH.............

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Mon 5 Jan 2:02PM

  16. sappercommando25, how small minded you seem. You have­ shown yourself up more in your ignorant, prejudiced­ comments than my words ever could. All true Pompey­ fans, and football fans would condemn that sort of­ behaviour. If I was Defoe, I'd want to move too­ after that. To label ALL Pompey fans­ "lowlifes" (I think you'll find it should­ be "lowlives" in the plural) shows how petty­ you are. We belong in the Championship why? Yes, our­ ground is dilapidated and we are not a fashionable­ club, but what kind of league do you dream of? Is it­ one where you can't get in unless your ground was­ built less than 20 years ago and holds more than forty­ thousand. We are there on merit, and continue to be so,­ and we are still the current FA Cup holders, which so­ called "big clubs" would kill for.

    From Adam, on Mon 5 Jan 12:53PM

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  18. I seem to remember Spurs fans saying something about­ Sol going to Arsenal.

    Spurs were far far worse than­ Pompey

    From H C, on Mon 5 Jan 10:16AM

  19. Can't him for wanting to leave us when they put­ horsey adams in f****** control hes a waste of f******­ space.

    From taylorc84uk, on Mon 5 Jan 9:56AM

  20. I hope that they get relegated to where they belong,­ the Championship.

    From sappercommando25, on Mon 5 Jan 9:46AM
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