Source: Daily_Mail
Spurs striker Jermain Defoe warned to behave or miss out on World Cup
On your way: Referee Phil Dowd gives Defoe his marching orders at the striker's former club[LNB]Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has told Jermain Defoe to forget about going to the World Cup unless he completely cuts out the petulance on the pitch.[LNB]Defoe has missed Spurs' last three games after picking up a suspension for stamping on Portsmouth's Aaron Mokoena but the striker returns to action against Sunderland at White Hart Lane on Saturday.[LNB] And Redknapp has warned Defoe that England manager Fabio Capello will demand greater self-discipline from the players he selects to travel to South Africa next summer.[LNB]'It's no good for us or him if he does things like that,' said Redknapp about Defoe's actions during the 2-1 win at Fratton Park.[LNB]'I'm sure even the England manager is looking at it and thinking Jermain can't get that way. He was getting stick at Portsmouth and it got to him, but he can't afford to do it again. [LNB] You always need a player like him. He's a goalscorer, he's sharp, he looked in great form, and then he got that suspension. He would have scored had he been available for the Stoke game.'[LNB]Spurs have lost their last two Premier League games - against the Potters and Arsenal.[LNB] Jermain Defoe's disappointment Spurs Peter Crouch on to make England World Cup squadRuud van Nistelrooy eyes England return and puts Spurs on red alertALL THE WEEKEND'S PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM NEWS Spurs and Man City did not think he was big enough - but Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger liked what he saw in Thomas Vermaelen THE LIST: The 50 finest footballers to have played for Tottenham or Arsenal, Nos 10-1Spurs striker Peter Crouch keen to erase memories of Arsenal by thumping SunderlandTOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC
