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Daily Mirror UK
|September 13, 2025
Defoe backs Kudus to handle the jeers on his return to West Ham
JERMAIN DEFOE has told Mohammed Kudus to embrace the hostility when the Tottenham star returns to former club West Ham today.
Kudus joined Spurs in a £55mil-lion deal after just two years at the London Stadium (below), and will have seen how Hammers fans reacted to other ex-players including Declan Rice in that time.
Defoe was given a rough ride at Upton Park on his first return, having joined Spurs in February 2004, after handing in a transfer request after the Hammers were relegated.
Looking back, though, the former England international admits he enjoyed being given a tough time — and hopes Kudus can do the same.
"It wasn't nice," Defoe said.
"I'm not going to sing the song but I remember it.
This story is from the September 13, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror UK.
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