Jermain Defoe 'is being pursued by Oxford United with membership seeking to snap up the free agent' after 39-year-old left Rangers final week - with League One sides Sunderland, Charlton and Ipswich additionally circling for his signature
- Jermain Defoe parted methods with Rangers after struggling for normal minutes
- Now a free agent, the striker is being focused by quite a lot of League One golf equipment
- In keeping with The Telegraph, Oxford United are among the many aspect circling for him
Jermain Defoe is being pursued by Oxford United and quite a lot of different golf equipment following his departure from Rangers, in keeping with reviews.
Veteran striker Defoe, 39, left his player-coach function at Ibrox final week, and endured an absence of recreation time regardless of signing a one-year extension final summer time.
This new deal additionally noticed him be a part of the membership's teaching workers, however his untimely exit has sparked a switch chase throughout the present window.
Among the many golf equipment are Oxford, in keeping with The Telegraph, with the membership eager to signal him till the top of the season.
They're anticipated to face fierce competitors for his signature, nonetheless.
No less than 4 sides in League One are stated to be within the race, together with Sunderland, Charlton Athletic and Ipswich City.
Defoe made simply two Scottish Premiership appearances this season, each as a late substitute, with the previous Tottenham and Sunderland man now a free agent.
After changing Steven Gerrard within the dugout, Giovanni van Bronckhorst introduced in Dave Vos, Roy Makaay and Arno Phillips to strengthen the present teaching set-up.
That successfully left no room for Defoe, though the participant left the membership on constructive phrases and spoke glowingly about his time there.
'From the second I arrived at Ibrox in January 2018, I used to be blown away by the sheer magnitude of Rangers Soccer Membership,' he wrote on Instagram.
'There are such a lot of folks to thank. From team-mates, coaches and workers, to the followers who've given me so a lot love and help from the very first day.
'Profitable my first ever league title final season was one among my profession highlights, and making it 55 title wins at this membership makes it much more particular.
'A season I'll merely always remember and recollections I'll cherish endlessly.
'Rangers Soccer Membership will endlessly maintain a particular place in my coronary heart. Thanks for every little thing and good luck for the remainder of the season. WATP.'
Defoe, who scored 20 objectives in 57 appearances for England between 2004 and 2017, was on the books at Bournemouth when he was initially loaned to Rangers in 2019.
The transfer was made everlasting when his contract on the Vitality Stadium expired in June 2020, with Defoe scoring 32 objectives in 74 video games for the membership in whole.
He helped them win a primary Premiership title in a decade final season, having netted 4 objectives in 15 league outings.
