Defoe desperate to experience Wembley with Tottenham

Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe is desperate to help the club reach Wembley.

Spurs face Manchester United in the Carling Cup quarterfinal and Defoe wants a chance to fire them into the semis.

He missed out on the club's Wembley win over Chelsea in 2008, having just left to join Portsmouth. And he was then cup-tied for Pompey's FA Cup final victory over Cardiff a few months later.

And having returned to Tottenham in January, he was sidelined for their Carling Cup final defeat by United a month later.

He said: "Hopefully, this time I'll be ready. It was a disappointment to miss those finals but for some reason I think this is my year.

"Maybe it was the way I worked in preseason. When I was on holiday I couldn't wait to get back and work.

"It's a World Cup year and you don't want to miss out again, so I did everything right."

Spurs have not won at Old Trafford since a 1-0 victory in the old First Division back in December 1989.

But Defoe has hit a winner there for West Ham and said: "It would be great to do it again."