West Ham United fans have been talking up the possible return of Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe to ease their goalscoring woes.
Jermain Defoe
The Hammers have been linked with a January move to bring their former youth prodigy Jermain Defoe back to East London from Sunderland amidst the North East club’s latest relegation battle.
Some West Ham fans – who famously fell out with Defoe after leaving for bitter rivals Spurs following relegation in 2003 – have called on the club to bring him back to give their side a much-needed cutting edge.
Supporters have taken to social media to discuss the idea of the 34-year-old Black Cats star linking up with his old club again at their new 60,000 seater Olympic Stadium home.
Sunderland’s Jermain Defoe celebrates
Despite playing in what Jamie Carragher has described as possibly worst Premier League team he has ever seen, Defoe has still managed five goals so far this season.
That’s five more than all of West Ham’s strikers combined with over a quarter of the season gone.
Slaven Bilic lavished praise on the former England man last week, describing him as ‘better than ever, clinical, a great player and absurd finisher’ as reported by Sky Sports.
West Ham fans
While he is still regarded as a traitor by some for forcing that move to Tottenham, others are more willing to forgive and forget.
A number of Twitter polls also suggest Hammers fans would welcome the Beckton-born goalscorer back to where it all began.
West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic
But would re-signing Defoe really be the answer for West Ham given how the club has evolved over the last two seasons?
Edimilson Fernandes aside, until this summer a revamped transfer policy had been paying dividends with the focus on young, hungry, powerful players who will play their best years in East London.
While a Defoe swansong might prove a short term fix for West Ham’s profligacy, the truth is West Ham should no longer need to give a chance to players in the last knockings of their careers.
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