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Fans speak out on Defoe to Irons link

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Jermain Defoe has been linked to the club as a January target at around £6 million.
Given his history with the Irons we asked ClaretandHugh Facebook members readers whether they could want him back.
Here are some random responses.
jermain-defoe-STR_1510278cO Yes. 6m really isn’t much in this market
O Should we believe all these reports? I have read about begging letters for players,signing Defoe age 34 ,signing Bacca age 30. Are we going forwards or backwards?
O Signing Defoe isn’t moving backwards. He scores goals and he isn’t injured – that’s two improvements on where we are now.
Still knows where the net is..and given £5m loan for Zaza its not expensive
O You took the word right out of my mouth
O Yes but there’s no way Sunderland would let him go for that money. Survival is worth more than £6m.
O Bury the hatchet its goals we want.
O £6m for at least 10 goals? good value! The pantomime villain stuff is dead in the water as far as I’m concerned. we got relegated and he wanted to move on, can’t blame him for that.
O I’d have him back in a heartbeat but I bet Sam will be after him if he gets the Palace job!! Sunderland won’t sell Defoe anyway though.
O You bet , the past is done with . He’s a great striker , he’d love to come back to us !
O Should have got him when he left Spurs. He scores goals and is a better finisher than anyone we have got at the moment. Running off Carrolls flicks he would be ideal.

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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5 comments

  • cas_blue says:

    Whether you like or not Norfolk the team isn’t exactly firing on all cylinders at the mo and this season will be a struggle. We need him instead of another foreign flop. And I struggled to understand your message. Try spell check. It’s been about a while…… If you’re that upset, don’t come to matches. Defoe is hardly scum. He didn’t burgle a house or mug an old lady…… He did what any other player would do and what Payet will do at some point this year.

  • cas_blue says:

    Bring him back. He’s prolific wherever he goes. I don’t care about the past. What I do care about is what happens in the next 5 months and I think he would make a massive difference. End of.

  • norfolkhammer says:

    childish on the £££ there on good luck to the returning Judaes but not for me I’d rather see Martinez given a try first & all the youngsters in that case why do we as a club keep being held to ransom with ****e over the players we need to blood these young players or wots the point in having a youth system 😣

  • West Ham Fan No 32 says:

    I never understood all the stuff about former players etc, yes what he did was tactless but he was a kid, I never booed him or Ince or Lampard or any of the x players, as far as I am concerned they did the business when they played for us and if they made mistakes about how they left so be it, we all make mistakes and have probably done things if we had our time again we would do differently. On the same not I think it is ridiculous when many players if they score against a former club they don’t celebrate it as a goal, unless the team is about to go down or is in real trouble because of it I think they should just celebrate after all they have made a difference to the game so why shouldn’t they enjoy it, imho and I know its not an opinion shared by all it’s childish when they don’t celebrate for me its a sort of political correctness gone mad, they are obviously happy they scored a goal but they have to fake that they shouldn’t enjoy it. Anyway enough of my rambling we have next to no chance of signing Defore so it’s a moot point but COYI for the Swansea and Leicester games !!!!

  • norfolkhammer says:

    ha ha ha how fickle West Ham fans are he couldn’t wait to leave when we went down 02-03 now you want Judas back wot next next Ince in a Month Python sketch he’s not the Messiah he’s a naughty boy well hope you get your wish as not for me as if 3e want has beens il give my money to charity G & S plz f**k off & take lady slut with you wheres our money gone? merry Christmas to all

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