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A new film is on the way about former England international striker Jermain Defoe

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:02 My life was just--

00:05 it was just all about golf.

00:06 But when you finish playing and you reflect on everything,

00:09 I could see it's not just about, you know, football.

00:13 There's other stuff that's important.

00:15 Here's Defoe.

00:16 Charge, goal!

00:18 Dream debut for Jermaine Defoe!

00:20 I strive to see all the strikers and see how good they are.

00:23 And then you train, and they start, bam, bam, bam.

00:26 And you're thinking, wow.

00:28 Listen, I've got the ice with you.

00:29 There are times where I thought you could have passed me,

00:31 and I'd have a lot more.

00:32 What a goal!

00:38 I grew up in East London.

00:39 So my mom was, yeah, 17, which got pregnant.

00:42 I was still living at home with my parents.

00:45 I was a baby.

00:46 I still remember it was my first Sunday team.

00:48 We had the best players in East London.

00:50 And I think about it now, it's like, so much pressure.

00:53 This ain't no normal kid.

00:55 He just said that Jermaine Defoe was here,

00:56 and we might be able to get him out.

00:58 It's a bit of a sore point, really.

00:59 West Ham came in.

01:01 Charlton claimed the under-16 internationals,

01:03 poached by the Hammers.

01:05 I had all rights posted all over the wall.

01:07 And then, yeah, I shook his hand, just like a kid.

01:10 I just wanted to put my boots on.

01:11 I wanted to show right how good I was.

01:13 That was the master and the apprentice there, right there.

01:16 England footballers are becoming massive superstars.

01:23 Editors realised their private lives

01:26 suddenly became of interest.

01:28 Yeah, of course I've poked people over the years,

01:29 but no-one's perfect.

01:31 You're young and successful and, you know, single.

01:33 They build you up, and then they knock you down.

01:37 That's what they were doing there.

01:39 I think it was just the way he looked at me.

01:45 It was like, I've never experienced anything like it before.

01:47 Jermaine said that he was going to come up

01:50 and see Bradley in hospital.

01:52 Me, just sort of not trusting people.

01:54 You're sort of having a go at it,

01:55 and not connecting, and not getting close to people.

01:58 But then with Bradley, all he wanted was to meet me.

02:01 There's nothing else he wants from me.

02:02 That's genuine love.

02:04 Because, yeah, it's more than just kicking a ball.

02:11 [Music]

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DEFOE - New trailer for football documentary on the former England international striker

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