‘Reminds me of Gazza’: Jermain Defoe on Mikey Moore

[mawspurs]

Jermain Defoe has tipped 15-year-old Mikey Moore for stardom, claiming that the teenager has blown him away in training – even drawing comparisons to Paul Gascoigne.

Source: The Boot Room

 

[Gassin's finest]

Kiss of death that.

 

[greaves]

Jermain Defoe has tipped 15-year-old Mikey Moore for stardom, claiming that the teenager has blown him away in training – even drawing comparisons to Paul Gascoigne.

Source: The Boot Room

Inadvertent and intended to be positive no doubt, but I really don’t think these comparisons help. If I was running an academy (hah!) I think I would emphasise the fact that each player is their own person. I think it’s much healthier.

 

[beuller]

Kiss of death that.

Could have been worse, “he’s like a mixture of gazza, George best and maradonna’

 

[dontcallme]

No pressure.

 

[Cinemattis]

Could have been worse, “he’s like a mixture of gazza, George best and maradonna’

You’d then wonder if the kid is the most talented footballer ever, or if Defoe has concerns about him being a party animal of unprecedented levels in human history …