Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe is confident he still has a big role to play

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Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe believes he will get back on his game to brush off injury and form problems to be in the starting XI again.

The 28-year-old has had to watch Spurs’ rise to success in all competitions this season, including the prestigious Champions League, mostly from the sidelines.

Defoe has gone through his most inconsistent season so far as he was plagued by injury and failed to get his good form back.

“When you’re young, immature and not playing you don’t look at the bigger picture. Now I am staying positive because I feel I’ve still got a big part to play,” he told News of the World

Moreover, in the same way Manchester United’s striker Wayne Rooney visualises himself finding the back of the net by always checking his kit before any match, Defoe admits that he too imagines things before games and focuses on these mental images to help make things go his way.

“I always visualise things, paint pictures in my mind of me doing great things. And for some mad reason the pictures that you paint come true – then it almost feels like deja vu.”