QPR to offer Defoe a reported £80-£90k p.w.

[Pie & mash]

Doesn't square with what Harry was saying in the summer when he said he was very keen to join

[QPRDave]

Must admit though, any shadow of a doubt about his commitment and we should steer well clear

[Jimmy Floyd Rabbit]

Maybe that birds just not a fan. As mentioned she's a journo = vermin

[dsqpr]

Or shes completely made it up. Shes a journo after all. We will never know.

Quite right, I take all this stuff with a pinch of salt.

[Kit]

Harry just on Talksport and said no way would we pay 5-6 million for a 32 year old or the wages being banded about but would love to have him if deal could be done. So the story of 10 million plus 80k a week seems to be made up then.......really ! :-)

[dogsrrs]

Harry just on Talksport and said no way would we pay 5-6 million for a 32 year old or the wages being banded about but would love to have him if deal could be done. So the story of 10 million plus 80k a week seems to be made up then.......really ! :-)

I cant believe the press and the rest of the media would stoop so loow as to make up false storys would they ?

[Nick]

Harry just on Talksport and said no way would we pay 5-6 million for a 32 year old or the wages being banded about but would love to have him if deal could be done. So the story of 10 million plus 80k a week seems to be made up then.......really ! :-)

aaaaaaaaand end of thread!!

Bottom line is most would like him here but 'only' at the right price.

[Geng]

lol @ you guys taking harry redknapp on talksport (a toxic combo of bullshet) as a valid source but not trusting a journalist who would never get an interview again in her career if she had made up a direct quote.

[Geng]

lol @ you guys taking harry redknapp on talksport (a toxic combo of bullshet) as a valid source but not trusting a journalist who would never get an interview again in her career if she had made up a direct quote.

That isn't to say Defoe might not come here anyway (60,000 reasons per week, or whatever it'd be). But he definitely did use the word "joke". The Mirror's LA editor isn't about to fabricate something like that. The irony of course is that our interest in Defoe is exactly the sort of thing that makes him right about the club.

[Geng]

These 30 PL appearances Defoe made, are they mainly made up of say 10/15 min substitute appearances, or are they mainly proper appearances say 45+mins?

Geng how many goals he's scored when been on the pitch for longer than 1 half over a 30 game span in the PL?

Hey Nick, Defoe has scored twice his past 30 premier league starts.

Here are his past few seasons:

2013/14
14 starts, 15 subs: 1 goal

2012/13
34(7): 11 goals (10 by Christmas)

2011/12
25(14): 11 goals

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/players/profile.career-history.html/jermain-defoe

Some more analysis in this article by a Spurs fan. It was actually written during his last spell of decent form in this country (Defoe scored 10 goals by Christmas 2012 and only one in the rest of that season):

http://www.totaltottenham.com/blogs/jermain-defoe-he-shoots-when-he-wants/

Some key quotes:

In his 57 games since the 2010/11 season, Defoe has scored 20 goals from a total of 181 shots, or a miserable one goal from every nine attempts (11%).

From 10 full seasons as a Premier League player, Defoe has never scored 20 league goals in a single season. Defoe’s best return to date is his 18 goals for Spurs in 2009/10. However, five of those came in the 9-1 stroll against Wigan, meaning that he scored only 13 league goals from his remaining 30 starts and three sub appearances that term, nothing special.

The consequences of Defoe wasting so many opportunities to every goal he scores can be seen in his woeful number of assists, a meagre 31 assists from 352 Premier League career games. This goes far beyond his self-professed “striker’s instinct” and boils down to a selfishness which ultimately costs far more points than his one goal every 2.5 games has helped to win.

[West Acton]

That isn't to say Defoe might not come here anyway (60,000 reasons per week, or whatever it'd be). But he definitely did use the word "joke". The Mirror's LA editor isn't about to fabricate something like that. The irony of course is that our interest in Defoe is exactly the sort of thing that makes him right about the club.

Yeah your right papers never tell lies or fabricate things

[Geng]

Yeah your right papers never tell lies or fabricate things

Of course they do. But there is a big difference between a made up story about QPR looking to sign some random player and a "direct quote". She wasn't even writing a story on Defoe, it was just something she said on twitter. Very small chance she made it up entirely - journalists can't just make up direct quotes from well-known people with legal teams and time on their hands. Especially not when continued access to celebrities is vital for their work, as in the case of Katie Hind.

[West Acton]

- journalists can't just make up direct quotes from well-known people with legal teams and time on their hands. Especially not when continued access to celebrities is vital for their work, as in the case of Katie Hind.

They should not be tapping phones and checking personal voicemails but they do

[West London is Rss]

lol @ you guys taking harry redknapp on talksport (a toxic combo of bullshet) as a valid source but not trusting a journalist who would never get an interview again in her career if she had made up a direct quote.

You seem to be the type of fellow who believes everything he reads in the sun.
Journalists can make up whatever the fvck they like, its their job to make up stories to sell articles.
If you 'trust' journos then I would seriously re-think what type of people you put your trust in.

[RoryTheRanger]

Would like to point out she is a massive QPR fan and loves the club, if you believe she would make something like that up then you would believe anything to be honest. I remember when she originally tweeted about that particular interview months back too so it's not as if it's something she's just made up on the spot in the last few days.