{"id":1376861,"date":"2025-03-11T17:20:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1376861"},"modified":"2025-03-11T17:28:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:28:41","slug":"jermain-defoe-interview-tottenham-england","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/jermain-defoe-interview-tottenham-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Football fans would love to see Tottenham win a trophy, says Jermain Defoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/tottenham-odds-to-win-the-premier-league-2024-25-predicted-finish-transfers-best-players-and-full-squad\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> striker Jermain Defoe spoke to Squawka about the club&#8217;s injury issues this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Defoe gave his thoughts on what Tottenham should be aiming for this season, Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s future and gave insight on some young talent to look out for.<\/p>\n<p>He also spoke about Thomas Tuchel preparing for his first international break as England manager, and where he might lead the Three Lions.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full interview above, or read the quotes below.<\/p>\n<h3>Jump to:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#FUTURE\"><strong>The talented Tottenham youngster yet to break through<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ANGE\"><strong>Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s future at Tottenham<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#SOLANKE\"><strong>Dominic Solanke&#8217;s first season at Tottenham<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#WERNER\"><strong>Why Timo Werner has struggled<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#TROPHIES\"><strong>Football fans would love to see Tottenham win something<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#TUCHEL\"><strong>Why Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s nationality doesn&#8217;t matter for England<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"FUTURE\"><\/a><strong>Tottenham have had to use a lot of young players this season to deal with the injuries. Are there any more names that we should be looking out for, that you were aware of from your time as the under-18s coach?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, obviously (Lucas) Bergvall, (Archie) Gray and (Djed) Spence, Mikey Moore. Obviously they\u2019re the ones that have come through and it\u2019s just so nice to see, do you know what I mean? Because at the end of the day, that\u2019s what the academy is there for, bringing players through. And obviously we saw Domola (Ajayi) come on in Europe and score. And there\u2019s Callum Olusesi, who was on the bench a few times in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a>, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s featured yet. Malachi (Hardy), I think he was on the bench.<\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s a player called Tyrese Hall. I\u2019m quite surprised that he\u2019s not featured yet, to be honest. An unbelievable talent. One of the best I\u2019ve seen. From my two years in the academy, and even the teams that we played against, I\u2019d put Tyrese up there in the top three players that I\u2019ve seen of that age. He\u2019s obviously with the under-23s now.<\/p>\n<p>Listen, there are a few more that I\u2019d love to see come through, but the names that I\u2019ve mentioned, hopefully they\u2019ll go on and have amazing careers because they\u2019re all good kids as well. They all want to learn and, as coaches, it makes your job easy doesn\u2019t it, when you\u2019re coaching young players that are good players and good kids as well. So it\u2019s good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sticking with injuries, obviously quite a hot topic for Tottenham at the moment. You spoke recently about Andre Villas-Boas and how he\u2019d put pressure on the physios, and he\u2019d put pressure on the doctor. Talk to us a bit more about that.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I remember one year I did my hamstring and the doctor, a guy called Shabaaz (Mughal), who I still speak to now \u2013 amazing guy, amazing doctor. I remember, he was doing an ultrasound in the office. I didn\u2019t have to go to a doctor, I didn\u2019t have to go to a hospital because everything was in-house. And I remember AVB coming in because he needed me to be fit. I remember him coming in, he sat down in the corner, and I thought \u2018this is a little bit weird\u2019. Harry (Redknapp), David Pleat signed me, Martin Jol, Jacques Santini, all these managers before would never do that.<\/p>\n<p>At the time AVB was 36, a really intelligent guy, clued up on everything to be fair, it wasn\u2019t just football. And I don\u2019t know, I suppose he just wanted to see what was going on. And he actually sat in and there was pressure. There was pressure on the doctor, \u2018how long is he going to be out? What does this look like?\u2019 So that&#8217;s what I experienced at the time. And that\u2019s why when I said it on Super Sunday, that&#8217;s what I mean about players when they\u2019re injured. I don\u2019t know if other managers do that, but I\u2019ve had experiences where managers have actually put a lot of pressure on the doctor. And then sometimes players feel the pressure as well, and actually go out and they know they\u2019re not 100% and they get the recurrence of the injuries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It was a strange one, I suppose. It does sort of instill that trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah it does. But I think when you say \u2018strange\u2019, sometimes if you\u2019re a manager under pressure and you just need your top players back, sometimes maybe you act out of character. Maybe he didn\u2019t do that at Chelsea or the other clubs after that he managed.<\/p>\n<p>I think he wanted me back and so coming in, he probably didn\u2019t look at it as a big deal to be fair. But maybe the doctor thought, \u2018you are putting pressure on me, because if he\u2019s injured, he\u2019s injured\u2019. But I don\u2019t know, managers can just act that way when they\u2019re under pressure.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ANGE\"><\/a><strong>Again, under pressure managers. I\u2019m almost sorry to have to ask you this one. But Ange Postecoglou has obviously got the excuse of injuries, and we\u2019ve seen some key members come back into the team and Tottenham have got results. So do you think he is the right man now? And more importantly, for the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d like to think so for him, because we hate seeing managers lose their jobs. A lot of people have come up to me and said \u2018but what about when you didn\u2019t have the injuries? And last season, the second part of last season because obviously the first two months were unbelievable, and the second part of last season you weren\u2019t getting the results. You had all the top players fit.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>You look at some of the games, Ipswich at home, in the second half against Brighton, even though we had injuries they were still games on paper, when I look at the team, I thought we were still good enough to win the games. But, of course, it doesn\u2019t help when you\u2019ve got your key players out. Because, you can have injuries, but then the injuries are to key players. You talk about (Cristian) Romero and (Micky) Van de Ven, and then Dom Solanke \u2013 the spine of the team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/tottenham-odds-to-win-the-premier-league-2024-25-predicted-finish-transfers-best-players-and-full-squad\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham&#8217;s predicted Premier League finish, trophy probability ratings, odds best players &amp; stats<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obviously (James) Maddison was out for a couple of weeks, and then (Yves) Bissouma, and (Brennan) Johnson, so it was about 11 players. It\u2019s like a starting XI. But I suppose that\u2019s where the squad is important. Because Bournemouth have had a lot of injuries and they\u2019ve managed to do well with it. But the names I\u2019ve just mentioned, we spoke before about the team I played in, if I played in a team where (Heurelho) Gomes was injured and Ledley King was injured, and (Michael) Dawson was injured, and then I was injured, Gareth (Bale) was injured, (Aaron) Lennon was injured, (Peter) Crouchy was. Of course it\u2019s going to be difficult for the players. Especially the players that haven\u2019t played and that get to come in and keep the club at that sort of level. So we understand that. But there\u2019s still an opportunity to win a trophy.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"SOLANKE\"><\/a><strong>You mentioned Dominic Solanke. What have you thought of his first season, has he settled in?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I thought that he started a little bit slow, which is normal. And then people were sort of questioning it. I was like, you\u2019ve got to give him a chance. He\u2019s just come to a new club, big move, big price tag. Give him a chance. We\u2019ve seen that he can score goals because he did last season at Bournemouth, consistently.<\/p>\n<p>And I think he\u2019s more than just a goalscorer as well. The energy that he brings and how the team want to play. And then I think he\u2019s shown people, he\u2019s shut a lot of people up with the goals that he has scored. Big goals as well, some top finishes. Got into the England squad. It\u2019s just unfortunate that he\u2019s got the injury. But hopefully he\u2019s back soon and he finishes the season strong.<\/p>\n<p>He was at Chelsea and Liverpool, and then he was in the Championship, and it didn\u2019t happen for him. But it\u2019s good that he\u2019s come to Tottenham, a big club. He came with a reputation because he scored goals at Bournemouth, he scored a lot of goals. So you expect him to score goals, because he\u2019s shown that. Like I said, it\u2019s just unfortunate that he\u2019s got the injury, which is normal at this stage of the season, you\u2019re always going to pick up little knocks and stuff like that, but hopefully he\u2019s not out too long. And then once he gets back, he can just keep scoring goals for the club, because obviously it will help the team. And his presence, I keep saying he\u2019s more than just a goalscorer. He brings so much more to the team.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"WERNER\"><\/a><strong>Another Tottenham forward in Timo Werner, just hasn\u2019t really got up and running at Tottenham. It doesn\u2019t look like he\u2019ll be staying past the summer. So what do you think it is? He\u2019s had two stints in England now and it\u2019s never quite clicked for him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s goals. When you go to a new club and you\u2019ve nicked a few goals, you get confident. I think maybe it\u2019s because he\u2019s missed a few chances in the games that he\u2019s played in. And you get different characters. Some players, it doesn\u2019t really bother them. Of course it\u2019s going to bother you, but you\u2019ve sort of got that mentality where \u2018okay, the next one. Score the next one\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>I think everything starts from training. If I were to speak to the team, I\u2019d tell him to just keep working hard, keep getting into the positions where you\u2019re going to score. Keep training, keep doing your extras after training, so you\u2019ve got those good habits, just so that your instincts can kick in and you\u2019re not thinking too much. And then take it from there. But it has been difficult for him, because he\u2019s not managed to get those sorts of numbers of goals and assists that you probably would expect from an experienced player.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s going to get chances, because he\u2019s so dynamic and quick. So he\u2019s always going to get into areas where he could score. But I think it\u2019s just about being calm. Because he always seems to get there, it\u2019s just about being calm and executing in that moment. But it\u2019s been difficult for him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Given Tottenham\u2019s current standing in the Premier League, do you think all attention should now be going on the Europa League and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/champions-league-tips\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Champions League<\/a> spot that goes with it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, it has to. I think you\u2019d obviously like to improve on their league form, from where we are at the minute.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"TROPHIES\"><\/a><strong>This is obviously never going to happen, but would you take relegation and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/europa-league\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Europa League<\/a> win?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. You can\u2019t get relegated. I think that would be a disaster, with the direction that the club is trying to go in. I know there\u2019s obviously been a lot of noise around the club at the minute, but when you look at the infrastructure, they\u2019ve got one of the best training grounds, the best stadium. And the direction that the club\u2019s trying to go in, relegation is not going to happen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/europa-league-winner-odds-outright\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2024-25 Europa League outright odds<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s never easy to win a major trophy is it? Whether that\u2019s the Europa League or the Premier League or a cup. It\u2019s always going to be difficult. And it\u2019s shown over the years with Tottenham, even when I was there, just to get over the line. Even though I was part of the group that won the League Cup in 2008. But, at the same time, we should have won a lot more.<\/p>\n<p>Of course we\u2019d love to see it, not just Tottenham fans, I think football fans too. A lot of football fans would love to see Tottenham [win something]. Gary Neville said it on the telly, someone who was in a team that dominated English football and won loads of trophies and he even said he\u2019d love to see it. But, of course, it\u2019s never going to be easy.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"TUCHEL\"><\/a><strong>Thomas Tuchel is taking charge of England for the first time in March. How do you rate that appointment?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Again there was a lot of noise around it, because obviously people were saying the English manager should be English, and all that sort of stuff. I played under Sven (Goran Eriksson) and (Fabio) Capello, and as players you never looked at him and thought \u2018well, Capello is Italian\u2019. I just looked at him and thought, \u2018this is Fabio Capello\u2019. His CV speaks for itself.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the same with Tuchel. I think when you look at cup competitions, he\u2019s always done well. So hopefully he\u2019s the man to get us over the line, because we\u2019ve come so close. We\u2019ve got the players and I think if we win a major tournament, as English people we\u2019re not going to sit there and be like, \u2018You know what? No, we\u2019re not going to celebrate this because he\u2019s German\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>So it is what it is, and we\u2019ve just got to support him. He\u2019s a top coach. When you speak to Harry Kane about him, Harry says he\u2019s unbelievable. I remember before Ange came to Tottenham, there was a lot of noise internally with the staff and the coaches, like \u2018imagine if we got Tuchel\u2019. He\u2019s so respected in that sense. So hopefully he\u2019s the one to bring that trophy home, because it\u2019s been a long time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think he\u2019s going to bring that Gareth Southgate didn\u2019t have? Is it just that experience of getting over the line?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, of course. Because we\u2019ve come so close. Then you look at it and think, \u2018okay, what does he need to do?\u2019 He would probably know I think you\u2019d have to be a manager or a coach at that level, to look at it and be like, \u2018you know what, I need to do this, this or this to get over the line\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>But yeah, like I said, it would be amazing wouldn\u2019t it? Can you imagine the celebrations? Even when we got to the final, and came so close. Of course it was a disappointment, but even so, the country was mad. So can you imagine what it\u2019s going to be like when we actually win? And hopefully, it\u2019s soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Jermain Defoe was speaking to Squawka <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.bet365.com\/promotions\/en\/sub-on-play-on\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">courtesy of bet365&#8217;s new Sub On Play On product<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Tottenham Hotspur striker Jermain Defoe spoke to Squawka about the club&#8217;s injury issues this season. Defoe gave his thoughts on what Tottenham should be aiming for this season, Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s future and gave insight on some young talent to look out for. 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