Jermain Defoe revealed that before his return to Tottenham Hotspur he was short of his return to Tottenham Hotspur of the legendary Juventus page from the 2000s.
Defoe spent most of his career to terrorize the defenses of the Premier League in the country and achieve 162 top flight destinations in an outstanding career.
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Things could have turned out differently for the 57-cap of England International.
Before moving from Portsmouth back to North -London in January 2009, an agent Defoe said that Juventus was interested in acquiring his signature.
He left Tottenham in January 2008, after he had joined Pompey in the club for almost four years.
In his 12 -month stay, he scored 18 goals and assisted five times in 36 games.
A good form that the eyes of Juve Scouts and head coach Claudio Ranieri attracted, who later won the Premier League 2015-16 in Leicester City.
“I received a call before I returned in I the the the the the the the the the Tottenham,” said Defoe in an interview with Whoscored. “I remember that my agent called me and said to me that Juventus is interested.
“If Tottenham doesn’t come across the line, would you like to come to Juventus?”
Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Ballon d’Or winner Pavel Nedved, Claudio Marchisio and Alessandro del Piero also included the Juventus 2008-page.
Del Piero in particular was amazed that Defoe was his potential strike partner.
“Imagine,” he added. “They talk about forwards that they would like to play with, but in fact he played in football aid last year, and it was exactly like Wow.
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Despite such a star team, the old lady was only able to create a second place behind Inter Milan in 2008/09.
Before this season, the club won series A title in 2001/02 and 2002/03.
Defoe remained in Tottenham Hotspur for five years until he moved to the MLS to play for Toronto in February 2014.
In the following winter transfer window he returned to Great Britain to play for Sunderland, AFC Bournemouth and Rangers.
In the 2000s, the Italian league developed into the most competitive European league over the years, which were demonstrated by the legendary Inter Milan and AC Milan stars.
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In Inter there was players like Javier Zanetti, Ronaldo and Samuel Eto’o.
They won five titles in a row between the 2005/06 and 2009/10 campaigns.
Milan had David Beckham, Ronaldinho, Clarence Seedorf and Paolo Maldini and finally won the title in 2010/11.
However, it was Juventus who had the last laugh when they demanded nine league titles in a row in the 2011/12 and 2019/20 season.