The penniless dad of England striker Jermain Defoe shuffles along to a SOUP KITCHEN —hours after his mega-rich son secured a £15 MILLION transfer. Hunched over in a thick overcoat to shelter from the cold, dishevelled Jimmy Defoe scoffed free sandwiches and later washed them down with cans of Tennent’s Super lager.
A day earlier his football ace son, who earns £60,000 a WEEK, sealed a £15 million deal back to Tottenham Hotspur from Portsmouth.
He would have also picked up a bumper signing-on fee with his transfers—two in less than a year.
The News of the World tracked down 45-year-old Jimmy—who left Jermain’s mum Sandra when his son was a toddler—to a crisis shelter run by monks close to his digs in Canning Town, east London.
His life couldn’t be further from the luxury the Premier League star, 26, enjoys with a £6 million salary.
