Jermaine Defoe to Toronto FC

[Molson Canadian]

Rumors have been going on for a couple of weeks now and it seems like its going to be announced very soon....Defoe to Toronto FC and he will be the highest paid player in the MLS.

 

The Mirror says the 31-year-old Defoe has been offered a deal worth £90,000 a week (C$155,310) as well as unlimited flights for him and his family.

 

 

Thoughts?

 

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/transfer-news-jermain-defoe-talked-into-toronto-move-by-rap-star-drake-9013322.html

 

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/drake-helped-sell-jermain-defoe-on-toronto-fc-report-1.2468183

 

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/12/13/tfc-set-to-land-tottenham-hotspur-striker-jermain-defoe

 

 

 

[Bert]

Drake persuaded him apparently

[purpleronnie]

Hope its true, be a great coup for the MLS.

[Langston]

Seems a wise move for him and them on paper, bang goes his World Cup chances though (slim as they were).

[ousefox]

Has another 2/3 years left at Premier League level at least. If he's going for the money fair play to him but as a footballer it'll be the end of a competitive career.

[Stadt]

He's still got another good season or two in him before he has to move to the MLS.

[Samilktray]

If Drake asks me to sign I'm signing no how matter how many years I've got left at the top level.

[purpleronnie]

Who the frick is drake?...thought it was a duck.

[foxfanazer]

If Drake asks me to sign I'm signing no how matter how many years I've got left at the top level.

He'll take care of them.......

[Poznan34]

He's still got a few years in the Prem left. Could have gone back to West Ham and got a few for them. 

[purpleronnie]

He's still got a few years in the Prem left. Could have gone back to West Ham and got a few for them. 

Maybe they should get Mc Hammer to ask Defoe.

[Guest kristianity77]

Defoe has wasted his career for me at Spurs.  Hes always been happy being a bit part player but hes good enough to be the main striker for a lot of prem teams.  He'd regularly get 20+ a season in the prem if given proper game time.  Should have ditched Spurs a long time ago.

[Guest Sharpe's Fox]

Why not go to somewhere like Hull or Stoke (glamorous I know) and play every week in a competitive division?

[purpleronnie]

Why not go to somewhere like Hull or Stoke (glamorous I know) and play every week in a competitive division?

The MLS isn't competitive?

[rico]

Who the frick is drake?...thought it was a duck.

[Ric Flair]

The problem for Defoe has been that his career stagnated at Spurs twice when he fell out of favour and I wonder if he can be arsed to re-invigorate it at a smaller PL club or go for a new life experience in Toronto. He's been a very good goalscorer and he can still do a job for club and country for at least another 18 months or more but he's also had some personal tragedies in recent years and I wonder if he's fed up and fancies a change.

[MC Prussian]

Why not go to somewhere like Hull or Stoke (glamorous I know) and play every week in a competitive division?

Why not Toronto, the biggest city in Canada, a huge financial hub and the gateway to both the Midwestern Provinces as well as Québec?

 

Culturally, a lot more attractive than Stoke or Hull. Well, maybe not Hull - being Cultural Capital of the UK and whatnot…

 

But then again, there's always Detroit to hang out.

[Beliall]

his decision. career suicide but maybe hes fed up in the prem and/or wont take a pay cut to play regular footy in the uk. 

 

 

we should buy him

[Captain...]

I wonder if AVB getting sacked will change his mind, ridiculous to think they have been struggling for goals all season and their best goal scorer doesn't get a look in.

[Finnegan]

I wonder if AVB getting sacked will change his mind, ridiculous to think they have been struggling for goals all season and their best goal scorer doesn't get a look in.

Erm, Bobby Soldado is twice Jermaine Defoe. Spurs have just been shit creatively.

[Samilktray]

Always thought Defoe was 1 of the most underrated strikers in England.

[eye666]

Always thought Defoe was 1 of the most underrated strikers in England.

 

Personally, I always thought he was one of the most overrated.

[Freeman's Wharfer]

Seems a wise move for him and them on paper, bang goes his World Cup chances though (slim as they were).

 

Were they really slim?

 

Most countries take 4 strikers to a world cup and I would have thought our 4 would have been from Rooney, Wellbeck, Sturridge, Defoe and Lambert. I agree that the move to Toronto won't do his chances any favours however. Don't see why he can't wait 6 months, particularly with a new manager coming in at Spurs.

[Guest MattP]

Personally, I always thought he was one of the most overrated.

 

Same here,

 

For how "brilliant" he has spent his career on the bench for a side who have always needed a striker and generally struggled to score goals.

Were they really slim?

 

Definitely if you now believe the rumours it was him who went crying racism to the press over Hodgson's monkey joke.

[purpleronnie]

Did anyone get my MC Hammer joke?, I thought it was brilliant.

 

edit.  Thanks Webbo.