Newcastle target Spurs striker Defoe

England striker Jermain Defoe may be headed to Newcastle. (FILE)

Published Wednesday, July 27, 2011

By Staff

Alan Pardew is preparing a dramatic swoop for Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe, according to ‘The Sun’.

The Newcastle boss will target the England hitman if he fails to land his top Turkish target Mevlut Erdinc.

Pardew hopes to seal a £7 million switch for PSG ace Erdinc, 24, when the Geordies return from the US tomorrow.

But if the Turkey forward’s representatives continue to play hardball, the Toon will instead move for the out-of-sorts Spurs star.

Defoe, 28, is rated at around £10 million by boss Harry Redknapp.

Pardew said in Ohio: “I’m not going to use the word ‘promise’, it is a dangerous word. However, I am confident we will get a striker in.

“Plenty of fans have come out to see us and mentioned on more than one occasion to me, ‘Where’s the striker?’ It is not something that is far from my mind.”

Peter Crouch was also on Newcastle’s radar but the £9 million price tag cooled their interest as Pardew believed it was too much to pay for a 30-year-old.

Pardew has money to spend following the £35 million sale of Andy Carroll to Liverpool in January.

But he knows Defoe would take some convincing to quit London for the North East.

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