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Mum blamed for Defoe's Toronto FC unhappiness as QPR circle

Jermain Defoe's Mum is being blamed for the tension between the striker and Toronto FC.

The Daily Mail says Defoe is expected to return to the Premier League with QPR in the January window, as manager Harry Redknapp indicated on Thursday, provided terms can be agreed.

And Toronto have briefed local media that Sandra is heavily responsible for 'mama's boy' Jermain leaving so prematurely.

Toronto chief Tim Leiweke felt he had to seriously impress Sandra to get her son to Canada in the first place.

This included having rap star Drake and basketball great LeBron James make a fuss of her. And the multi-layered contract that Defoe signed with Toronto included luxury accommodation for his mum.

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