Which time? If theres one thing a punter can usually bank on during a transfer window, its generally Harry Redknapp trying to make a bid for Jermain Defoe if he doesnt have him already within his ranks. Sure enough, the former Spurs boss has already given the game away by indicating thats exactly what hes going to be doing in a couple of months, having failed in a last-ditch bid for the Toronto FC striker during the summer. However, there was still a bit of a surprise surrounding Jermain Defoes return to White Hart Lane in 2009, considering how much finality there appeared to be when he had left the club a year earlier. Having bid an emotional goodbye to the club he had scored 61 goals in 170 appearances for following a £6 million move West Ham in 2004, the Portsmouth striker would soon be back at the club. It was a bit of an anti-climax really, as it might as well have just been a loan deal, but Spurs supporters were still overjoyed when new boss Harry Redknapp paid £15 million for the player he had bought from the north London outfit a year earlier for £6 million.
''This is the third club I have signed him for. I know what a top-class player he is. He is a proven goalscorer and I am pleased to have him here. I am sure the supporters are looking forward to seeing him back in a Spurs shirt. - Harry Redknapp, January 2009.
Recent Journalism & New Media graduate. Insatiable thirst for all things football, and hopes to break into the field of sports journalism in the near future.
Have made a significantly insignificant playing career out of receiving several slaps around the head for not passing the ball.
