Introducing........Jermain Defoe: Outside the Box

Football Daily

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Sports, Soccer

4.3 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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New Episode every Thursday. Just search for Outside the Box wherever you get your podcasts. EPISODE 2 AVAILABLE NOW! In the first episode of a new fly-on-the wall series, Jermain Defoe travels back to the estate in East London where he grew up, exploring how his past experiences will affect his future as he begins a journey into the world of football management. From the house he grew up in and memories of his grandparents, to games of football in the street and a trip back to his old school, the former England star is keen to delve into his childhood and the people he shared those years with as he searches for a new career now that no-one’s singing his name. With management the focus, Defoe discusses the end of his playing days, his first coaching job within the Tottenham academy, and the dream of leading a team.

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0:00.0	Hello football daily listeners, welcome to a special preview of Jermaine DeFoe outside the box.
0:07.1	In this new Fly On the Wall series, the striker who scored more than 300 goals for club and country
0:13.3	explores his next move in football.
0:16.8	What does a top player do when the cheering stops?
0:19.5	You can hear a new episode every Thursday wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.0	In 1999, a promising 16-year-old from Canningtown in East London signed his first professional contract with West Ham United.
0:38.9	And here's DeFoe and his score!
0:41.1	He didn't take long for him to make an impact.
0:43.5	JBU goal for Jermaine DeFoe!
0:45.7	Over the next quarter of a century, he would terrorise defenders up and down the land, earning plaudits everywhere he went,
0:53.4	and scoring 304 goals for seven different clubs.
0:57.3	We must talk about Jermaine DeFoe as being a great goal scorer.
1:00.0	I thought it's a single-handler kept some London Premier League last season with his goals.
1:03.6	Absolutely since he's a magnificent player, he's got a lot.
1:07.5	I could just watch him all day.
1:08.8	What a performance, what a young talent, what you get with Jermaine DeFoe, you get guaranteed goals.
1:13.3	DeFoe's exceptional is movement in the round the box.
1:16.0	You know, he sniffs out a chance.
1:17.2	Jermaine DeFoe is some player, isn't he?
1:18.8	The ability he showed at the airport was out.
1:21.1	It was top-top class, you know. He really was fantastic.
1:23.9	He's mesmeric, isn't he?
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