A very amusing sideshow for Newcastle United fans was the Jermain Defoe situation just under two months ago. Sunderland fans were ecstatic, they’d forced out yet another manager just over…

Respect for Jermain Defoe as he could have done with Bradley Lowery what so many others do in similar situations…but he didn’t.

Jermain Defoe talks about his frustrations ahead of Newcastle game: “Sometimes it’s not easy because you’re human and you want to play.”

Newcastle were linked with Jermain Defoe but these Tuesday reports underline why it was never going to happen.

He thinks Sunderland fans wouldn’t be too impressed but Sky Sports pundit believes St James Park would be ‘ideal’ for Jermain Defoe.

Sunderland fans gutted as Jermain Defoe (has cored 60% of their goals) relegation free transfer clause revealed – a Newcastle target if promoted?

Despite both staring relegation in the face, it turns out that Newcastle and Sunderland each have a player who features in the top four deadliest finishers in the Premier League this season.

Jermain Defoe has talked about the influence Rafa Benitez can have on Newcastle United, especially the must win game against Sunderland this weekend…

Rob Lee: “The two players they’ve bought, Townsend and Shelvey, I like them…It’s like going to get your groceries and you see something else and think, ‘I wouldn’t mind that’.”

What I don’t expect any time soon is that we will be signing a striker even half as prolific as Jermain Defoe.