Jermain has been absent from Bournemouth's thoughts really since January when he went to Rangers on loan. In Scotland Defoe did what he didn't manage to do down in Bournemouth bring goals, goals, goals - eight goals and two assists in just 945 minutes of football. So is Jermain to play out his 18 month loan at Rangers or are AFCB at all interested in a recall this summer?
Why Defoe could not do better at Bournemouth is one of those questions that only himself and Eddie Howe could answer. He had a few moments like his looped goal against Crystal Palace, but he was not the Defoe that found the net easy to find and ultimately AFCB didn't have time in the Premier League to wait for the golden touch to come back. Now that he is scoring goals again, is there any interest in Defoe back in Bournemouth?
Lys Mousset and Dominic Solanke are surely the future as far as AFCB are concerned (personally, I don't see them doing as well as Defoe) and unless a forward does leave this summer, it is hard to see where Defoe would have a job to do back on the south coast. But if Defoe does play out most of his Bournemouth contract up at Rangers rather than at AFCB, does it impact on future signings of big names who are coming to the end of their Premier League careers? The way AFCB have been lining up young internationals rather than experienced names you can't help but think players like Defoe just don't fit the profile of AFCB anymore.
In other news, Dominik Solanke managed 70 minutes in England U21s 2-1 defeat in European Championship match their match against France. Both French goals came in to 89 and 90+5 minute. England keeper Dean Henderson also saved a first half penalty.
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The likelihood is that Defoe will be allowed to stay with the Scottish team for the rest of the loan, but after that it's not clear what AFCB will do. Jermain has improved his name again with the Scottish goals, but it is late in his career and he really needed to score the goals in the English Premier League to stay at the very top level. Now he may be destined to play out his career in Scotland, and while that may be great for the Rangers fans, the signing, which was made with much fanfare as Defoe's return to the south coast, now looks like it was a costly signing for AFCB.
Why Defoe could not do better at Bournemouth is one of those questions that only himself and Eddie Howe could answer. He had a few moments like his looped goal against Crystal Palace, but he was not the Defoe that found the net easy to find and ultimately AFCB didn't have time in the Premier League to wait for the golden touch to come back. Now that he is scoring goals again, is there any interest in Defoe back in Bournemouth?
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Lys Mousset and Dominic Solanke are surely the future as far as AFCB are concerned (personally, I don't see them doing as well as Defoe) and unless a forward does leave this summer, it is hard to see where Defoe would have a job to do back on the south coast. But if Defoe does play out most of his Bournemouth contract up at Rangers rather than at AFCB, does it impact on future signings of big names who are coming to the end of their Premier League careers? The way AFCB have been lining up young internationals rather than experienced names you can't help but think players like Defoe just don't fit the profile of AFCB anymore.
In other news, Dominik Solanke managed 70 minutes in England U21s 2-1 defeat in European Championship match their match against France. Both French goals came in to 89 and 90+5 minute. England keeper Dean Henderson also saved a first half penalty.
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