Jermain Defoe to undergo groin surgery next week

Jermain Defoe

Defoe will still be available for the Champions League tie on Wednesday

Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe will have an
operation on a groin injury next week that will keep him out of
England’s Euro 2012 qualifiers.

The 27-year-old will still be available to play in his club’s Champions League tie against Young Boys on Wednesday.

But the injury, which Defoe has suffered since the World Cup, means he could be out for up to a month.