Defoe demands pay-off from Pompey after engineering move
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What price loyalty? Defoe demands pay-off from Pompey after engineering move to Spurs
Laughing all the way to the bank: Jermain Defoe managed to pick up a tidy sum along with his transfer to White Hart Lane.
Jermain Defoe incredibly demanded that Portsmouth pay him a £700,000 loyalty bonus when he left to join Tottenham in a £15million deal this week.
The 26-year-old striker - making his third January move in the space of five years - insisted he was entitled to the golden handshake because he had not officially requested a transfer from Fratton Park.
During the final hours of negotiations, Tottenham said the South Coast club would have to pay Defoe’s bonus.
Pompey told Spurs in no uncertain terms where to go and it is believed the Londoners finally agreed to pay it themselves.
When Defoe joined Portsmouth for £7.5m last January he had a clause in his contract that he would be paid an extra £200,000 for every season at the club. With three and a half years left on his deal the striker was due an extra £700,000 if he remained at Fratton Park.
The Defoe camp’s argument was that Portsmouth did not have to sell him unless they wanted too — and therefore they should pay the full bonus.
A source close to the deal said: 'You can imagine what Portsmouth’s reaction was when they were asked to reward Jermain for his loyalty.'
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Rubbish. He could have rejected Spurs's contract if he's really loyal.
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What is £750K to them? Aiyo...greedy lad...he has said repeatedly that he keen to be reunited with Harry and like to go back to Rottenham because his family is still in London lah, he never wanted to move in the 1st place lah...now he comes back with this $hit?