Jermaine Defoe to Liverpool speculation grows

By This Is Anfield On · 15 Comments · In LFC News

Despite Kenny Dalglish telling press yesterday not to expect any transfer deadline day action involving the club, there is growing speculation suggesting Jermaine Defoe is on his way to Merseyside to negotiate personal terms on a deal.

With Tottenham expected to sign Emmanuel Adebayor on a permanent deal, Defoe’s days at White Hart Lane could be numbered and the 29-year-old could be what Liverpool are looking for to bolster attacking options.

Meanwhile, Man City boss Roberto Mancini has denied the specualtion that Liverpool attempted to sign Carlos Tevez in a player-swap deal for Andy Carroll.

Mancini went on to back under-fire Carroll. He said, “Carroll is a good player. He is young. He is strong.”

As ever, all transfer rumours – especially today – need to be taken with a pinch of salt as Twitter goes bazzurk from sightings of players.

Has Lionel Messi been drinking fat frogs in the Raz? Will today see the long awaited return to Anfield of Erik Meijer? Is a Liverpool midfielder on his way to East London in a helicopter?

Stay tuned to This Is Anfield throughout the day for more from transfer deadline day. Follow our Twitter @thisisanfield for the latest as it happens.

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  • jon blackham

    sorry guys, defoe has just been seen behind sky’s reporter outside Spurs Lodge…

    ain’t going nowhere!

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, we’re not going to sign anyone.

  • al6

    just saw defoe at john lennon if his not signing for lpool it will be man city

    • Chambers

      Quite laughable this. Why would anyone going to Manchester fly into Liverpool? They have 2 rather larger airports for themselves.

      • Sffhh

        Two?

    • Chunky

      Well I was at the airport waiting for the missus and her mates returning from Paris week-end and didn’t see him. I did notice hazard and a couple of handy looking “minders” come through but NO sign of Defoe.

  • lgREDS

    certainly would be great for the remainder of the season.. good finisher !! not more than 12mil if avail..

  • Guest

    what a load of rubbish, why would he join a club that’s hanging on to top 6 from a club in third which looks like will get CL football next yr? 

    • Dannyburns02

      Because he wants regular football to propel himself back into the England set up in time for the summer

  • Jordanmartin2009

    jemaine defore will be a fantastic buy we need a fast striker and a striker that can finish unlike Andy Carroll :)

  • NathanY23

    He would be a decent signing for us, he can get a goal. Always good to have an extra striker just in case Bellamy has injury issues and is unavailable for the bench or starting XI.

    That being said, goes for any of our strikers.

  • Robert Malin

    If we buy a player from spurs, it looks more like Roman Pavlyuchenko.

  • Harry73220

    good player good finsher and could help us get top 4!!!

  • Ashfah Ngog

    I told you guys this fella is a poor man’s Fernando Torres. He once said that he wished he had longer legs! What a handicap!

  • Robert Malin

    Are you sure it was well sky sports? Am pretty sure it was cartoon networks!! Unreal. Liverpool should have splashed the cash on a striker on 1st JAn. Suarez was out for 1 month. They didn’t, so it means there is no big money player coming. Why will we pay 40m on deadline day? Is it becoz Defoe would cost maybe 50-60m on 1st Jan? It’s a big joke. It looks like a Harry Rednapp joke to me “We selling Defoe to Liverpool for 40m and buying Messi from Barca for 25m.”