Jermain Defoe reveals why he retired | What happened with England | Wanting To Sign For Man Utd

Jermain Defoe is one of the most prolific goal scorers in the Premier League ara and after around 20 years in the Premier League he recently hung up his boots and chose FIVE to talk about his fantastic career. We spoke about his early days at Charlton Athletic, how and why he signed for West Ham, what it was like to play with the likes of Robbie Keane, Peter Crouch, Modric and more at Tottenham, being left out of the England squad at the expense of Theo Walcott by Sven-Goran Eriksson, the quality of Wayne Rooney, wishing he played for Manchester United, playing under Steven Gerrard at Rangers FC and more. Let us know who you would like to see come on next. 0:00; - Defoe reaction to Wynts freestyle 0:35; - SOKIN #AD 0:50; - Intro 2:52; - Learning from the top strikers 5:16; - Which striker impresses in today’s football? 7:44; - Old style strikers better than modern strikers? 9:48; - Hard work starts in training 12:01; - Defoe’s early days 16:48; - First team football & moving to West Ham 23:09; - Going out on loan to Bournemouth 26:50; - First team debut & leaving West Ham 33:56; - Best player Defoe played with at West Ham 35:08; - Moving to Tottenham 38:14; - Strikers mentality in front of goal 40:06; - Why didn’t Spurs achieve more? 43:24; - David Nugent tap in & Gallas story 45:41; - Team rotation at Spurs 47:31; - Rio wanting United to sign Defoe 48:58; - Playing for England 1:02:27; - Favourite Striking Partner 1:03:56; - Defoe on midfielders: Modric, Scholes, Gerrard, Lampard 1:07:04; - Playing with & under Steven Gerrard 1:10:00; - Defoe’s career stats & records 1:11:13; - Winning the league with Rangers & moving back to Sunderland 1:15:08; - Defoe’s top 5 strikers today in world football 1:16:49; - Outro 1:17:23; - Wynts Freestyle Subscribe: http://bit.ly/15QO9WE FIVE UK IG:   / fiveuk   FIVE UK TWITTER:   / fiveuk   Rio Ferdinand Instagram:   / rioferdy5   Rio Ferdinand Twitter:   / rioferdy5   #RioFerdinand #FIVE