{"id":284846,"date":"2011-02-28T20:05:23","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T20:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/defoe-injures-ankle-in-training\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T20:05:23","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T20:05:23","slug":"defoe-injures-ankle-in-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/defoe-injures-ankle-in-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Defoe injures ankle in training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>\n                        <!-- S BO --><br \/>\n<!-- S IIMA --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bfd3b127011195569-1.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Jermain Defoe\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Defoe has yet to score for Tottenham in the Premier League this season<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<br clear=\"all\" \/><!-- E IIMA --><!-- S SF --><\/p>\n<p><b>Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe has injured an ankle during the club&#8217;s warm-weather training camp in Dubai.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old, who missed eight weeks with ankle ligament damage earlier this season, broke down during a session in Al Ahli&#8217;s Rashid Stadium on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>Spurs manager Harry Redknapp is already missing six key players through injury. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Defoe has an injury again,&#8221; Redknapp told Dubai newspaper The National. &#8220;He&#8217;s had a problem with his ankle before and it didn&#8217;t feel too good.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<p>It is unclear how long Defoe will be out of action for, but Spurs will hope the England international has not suffered a recurrence of the problem that sidelined him following his country&#8217;s 3-1 win over Switzerland in September. <\/p>\n<p>Defoe, who started for Spurs in the recent 3-1 away defeat at Blackpool, is yet to score in the Premier League this season but news of his injury is still a blow to Redknapp due to the fact that he is already without several first-team regulars. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re trying to finish in the top four and it&#8217;s so close. But we&#8217;ve got so many players injured, people forget,&#8221; added Redknapp. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got Tom Huddlestone, Younes Kaboul, Ledley King, Jonathan Woodgate, Gareth Bale, Rafael Van der Vaart. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you could pick a team of injured players it would be a fantastic team.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Spurs face Wolves at Molineux on Sunday 6 March, before facing AC Milan in the Champions League on 9 March at White Hart Lane, having won the first-leg tie 1-0 at the San Siro.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- E BO --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bfd3b127011195569-1-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/teams\/t\/tottenham_hotspur\/9410070.stm\" title=\"Defoe injures ankle in training\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Defoe injures ankle in training<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Defoe has yet to score for Tottenham in the Premier League this season Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe has injured an ankle during the club&#8217;s warm-weather training camp in Dubai. 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