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Tottenham striker Defoe denies hamstring setback serious

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Sun, 03/21/2010 - 03:57

Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe insists his hamstring injury is not serious.

It was thought Defoe would be out of action for at least a month, but the England international is confident he will be back to fitness in ten days.

"I think I'll be all right in around 10 days. It's not as major as people think," Defoe told the Daily Mirror.

"But because I pulled up in training you have to be careful like the manager says. He's absolutely right, you have to monitor these things."

Defoe will miss this weekend's clash at Stoke as well as the FA Cup quarter-final replay with Fulham next week, but the striker is optimistic of a speedy recovery as he is quick healer.

"I don't get injured that often and normally the type of injury I have takes around 17 days to get recover from. But I think I should be OK before that." added Defoe.

"I pulled up with a sharp pain in training on Thursday and went for a scan which showed I've got a grade two tear. Normally its two weeks but I think I'll be all right."

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Submitted by AlfieConnFanClub (not verified) on Sun, 03/21/2010 - 16:41.

My guess is that Defoe will also not appear against Portsmouth (may be on bench).
He's needed for the vital Arsenal, Chelsea & Man U games. Harry needs to be strong and say to Jermaine that his England ambitions must not make him over eager to come back too soon.

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