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Sunderland have rejected West Ham’s \u00a36m bid for striker Jermain Defoe.<\/p>\n

It is understood the Hammers will raise their offer for the player who began his career at the east London club.<\/p>\n

Defoe, 34, has scored 11 goals in 21 appearances for the Premier League strugglers this season.<\/p>\n

His latest goals came on Monday as Sunderland twice fought from a goal down to draw 2-2 with in-form Liverpool, which left manager David Moyes’s side in 18th position.<\/p>\n

Defoe’s senior career began at West Ham before he moved to rivals Tottenham in a \u00a37m deal in 2004, with striker Bobby Zamora going the other way. A \u00a37.5m move to Portsmouth followed in January 2008 before he returned to Spurs the following year for \u00a315m.<\/p>\n

Defoe made a surprise move to Canadian team Toronto FC in 2014 before he was lured to Sunderland in 2015 by former Black Cats boss and ex-Spurs team-mate Gus Poyet.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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