Defoe, who excluded Son Heung-min's best 11, did better than Son Heung-min, Kane, and Salah in the past
Mar 22, 2025
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People who are so drunk in the glory of the past that they cannot face the reality are living with the words 'in the past~' Taryeong. Even though they can't accept the reality that has changed from the past and are increasingly being culled, they still live only 'Memories'. Jermaine Defoe, who played for Tottenham and West Ham in the past and rose to the legendary ranks with 163 goals in total, is at this level now.
Recently, Defoe has been pouring out 'absurd remarks'. Asked by a media outlet to pick the best 11 for the members of his time playing for Tottenham and the current Tottenham players, he has filled almost all of them with past members, including himself, and now praises himself as a better striker than the current Premier League stars.
Global sports media ESPN released an interesting interview with Defoe on the 22nd (Korea time). Applying the once-popular 'comparison game' to interviews, 'Deppo in its heyday is better than these players'. Stars from the past and the day appear in 'This Player', and how Defoe chooses one of the two compared to himself.
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Defoe scored 143 goals and 29 assists in 363 games for Tottenham, and 163 goals and 25 assists in 496 games in the EPL. Son Heung-min's record is currently in progress. So far, he has played in 329 EPL games, scoring 127 goals and 71 assists. It was achieved only at Tottenham.
Defoe is ahead of Son Heung-min in the overall bone marrow. However, he is overwhelmingly behind Son Heung-min in the help. In terms of attack points, he has 188 depots and Son Heung-min is 198. Above all, Son Heung-min played 167 games less than Defoe and surpassed Defoe in attack points.
In addition, if Son Heung-min plays as much EPL as Defoe while maintaining his current scoring ratio per game, it is calculated that he can score 191 goals in total. Numbers give the answer to who is the better striker.
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Only two of them admitted to being better strikers than themselves. It's just Erling Holan (Manchester City) and Roberto Lewandowski (Barcelona).
Defoe's 'absurd language' has sparked controversy before. Spurs Web reported on the 18th that Defoe made a controversial choice after being asked to recruit both Tottenham and current Tottenham players in the 2010-2011 season when he played as an active player and to select the best 11. In an interview with ESPN, he was also asked to select the best 11 players by combining the 2010-2011 season squad and the current players, except for Mickey van der Penn, but he chose all of his old teammates.
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In response, Spurs Webb said, `The most controversial thing about Defoe's choice is that he chose his former teammate, Lennon, instead of Son Heung-min, the current Tottenham captain. Son Heung-min can be among the best 11 players at any Tottenham in modern times.
It is understood that Defoe favors his former colleagues. However, few fans will like Lennon more than Son Heung-min, who will be recorded as one of the greatest players in the club's history, even pointing out that Defoe's choice was completely wrong. Attention is focusing on how far Defoe's self-praise will continue.
Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
