Source: Daily_Mail
Jermain Defoe to defy injury in Tottenham's £30m Champions League bid
Jermain Defoe will play through mounting pain for an hour on Wednesday night as he attempts to fire Tottenham into the Champions League group stage. [LNB]Defoe's groin injury is now so serious he will have an operation next week, ruling him out of England's Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Switzerland. [LNB] Ready to rumble: Jermain Defoe jokes with Younes Kaboul and Sebastian Bassong[LNB] But Harry Redknapp will play him for 60 minutes at most at White Hart Lane as Spurs attempt to cash in on qualification, which is worth up to £30million. [LNB]Trailing 3-2 from the first leg in Switzerland, they must overcome Young Boys to secure their place in Thursday's draw in Monaco. [LNB]Packing a punch: Defoe in training yesterday [LNB]Defoe has not scored for Tottenham since April but Redknapp said: 'I think that this could be the night for Defoe to come back with a bang and start scoring a few. But 60 minutes is about as much as he can last. [LNB]'He wants to play and train but he has got to have the operation done now - the pain is getting worse each time.'[LNB]Defoe said: 'I've had this problem for a few months. I've worked with the physios to try to strengthen it and get myself out there to help the team. If it means coming off after 60 minutes then so be it. I always try to give myself the best opportunity to play.' [LNB]Tottenham appeared to be heading out of the competition when Young Boys went 3-0 up in the first 28 minutes of last Tuesday's first leg before Sebastian Bassong and Roman Pavlyuchenko hit back. [LNB]Redknapp has called on his players to turn the tables tonight, saying: 'We've got to swarm all over them from the start. If we play as we can play, it will be very, very difficult not to win.' [LNB]In pain: Defoe is set to be out of action for a month after next week's op[LNB] Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe out to change the script in Champions League crunch Steven Pienaar set to reject Tottenham's interest to see out contract at EvertonSchool of (no) hard knocks: Gareth Bale was excused from rugby for being too skinny and hasn't looked back since ... TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC
