Britain Football Soccer - England Media Day - St George’s Park - 20/3/17 England's Jermain Defoe during the press conference Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine Livepic EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
LONDON (Reuters) - Jermain Defoe has indicated he will leave struggling Sunderland if they are relegated because he needs to stay in the Premier League to keep alive his hopes of going to next year's World Cup finals with England.
The 34-year-old striker, back in the England squad for the first time since November 2013, said ahead of Wednesday's friendly against Germany in Dortmund that he had to be realistic.
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