Harry Redknapp is pleased to have Jermain Defoe back in his Tottenham Hotspur plans.

On the day in which Darren Bent returns to White Hart Lane with Sunderland, Redknapp is delighted that Defoe is again available following a three-match suspension.

“He has looked sharp, he's looked like every game he is going to score, so hopefully he can get back scoring goals,” he said. "There's no reason he can't be leading goalscorer in the Premier League.

“He's got as good a chance as anybody. We make lots of chances at this club so if he continues to stick them away he'll have an opportunity.

"He's a box player, he doesn't get that much involved in the build-up play. But when it comes into the box, his finishing and his quickness puts him right up there with the best."

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