{"id":651400,"date":"2025-12-24T00:12:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T00:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/651400\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T00:12:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T00:12:26","slug":"jermain-defoe-says-amazing-leeds-united-player-now-looks-so-much-sharper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/651400\/","title":{"rendered":"Jermain Defoe says \u2018amazing\u2019 Leeds United player now looks so much sharper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Leeds have emerged from practically nowhere to become one of the Premier League\u2019s form sides.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/daniel-farke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke<\/a> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/news\/the-49ers-plan-to-sack-leeds-united-manager-daniel-farke-this-week-unless-one-thing-happens\/?signin=success\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heading for the sack<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> endured four consecutive Premier League defeats, but the German has responded superbly to bounce back with a four-game unbeaten run, including wins over Chelsea and Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>Every single Leeds player looks significantly sharper in the new 3-5-2 formation, but Jermain Defoe has singled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/dominic-calvert-lewin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/a> out in particular for his electric movement in the box.<\/p>\n<p>Jermain Defoe hails Dominic Calvert-Lewin after Leeds United No.9 nets six goals in five games          Answer this: Leeds United will finish in ___th place if Dominic Calvert-Lewin stays fit \ud83d\udcca <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Six goals in five for the big man!<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2251887714-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Dominic Calvert-Lewin after Brentford v Leeds United - Premier League\" class=\"wp-image-122580\" \/>Photo by Ryan Pierse\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Generation xG show from Premier League Productions, the man who scored 162 Premier League goals said: \u201cI think it\u2019s been a struggle for him to find his rhythm. When you\u2019ve got rhythm and confidence, your brain works so much quicker. It\u2019s about subtle movements, being in the right place at the right time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven with that chance, you see the reaction and the finish. These are proper number nine goals. In this moment here, it\u2019s just a subtle movement, but his brain is always thinking, his awareness, sharpness, where he\u2019s going to be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really happy for him, because there\u2019s been a lot of noise around him \u2013 that he doesn\u2019t score enough, that he misses chances, but the reality is he hasn\u2019t always been fit. Now he is fit, and you can see the difference. It\u2019s amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2249182091-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Dominic Calvert-Lewin celebrates for Leeds United\" class=\"wp-image-122480\" \/>Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/opinion\/daniel-farke-was-spot-on-with-dominic-calvert-lewin-prediction-after-abysmal-leeds-united-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farke insisted Calvert-Lewin would shine<\/a> once he got his fitness up to speed.<\/p>\n<p>After a miserable debut in the Carabao Cup defeat to Sheffield Wednesday, the 49-year-old said: \u201cFor him, it\u2019s a little bit like a pre-season. <\/p>\n<p>MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy that he has the chance and I know that a top fit, 100% Calvert-Lewin uses this chance, but he needs desperately the minutes today to build up his fitness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That has proven to be exactly the case, and when an iconic marksman like Defoe is singling Calvert-Lewin out for praise, it is obvious he\u2019s doing something right. <\/p>\n<p>Jermain Defoe could have scored goals himself for Leeds United<\/p>\n<p>Some Leeds fans might not be aware that Defoe actually had the opportunity to join Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>          England need Dominic Calvert-Lewin more than they need Ollie Watkins \u2013 surely? \ud83e\udd81\ud83e\udd81\ud83e\udd81 <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Who are you taking and why?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LUN-6-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Ollie Watkins in England training.\" class=\"wp-image-123344\" \/>Photo by Eddie Keogh \u2013 The FA\/The FA via Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sky Sports in April 2020, the 43-year-old said: \u201cI wanted to be back playing in the Premier League. I did get a phone call about Leeds when they had all those players there and were doing well, but when I got the Tottenham call I wanted to go there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It would have been amazing to see a Premier League icon such as Defoe playing his football at Elland Road, but Leeds fans can now take comfort in the fact they currently have one of the best strikers in the Premier League in Calvert-Lewin. <\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Leeds content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds have emerged from practically nowhere to become one of the Premier League\u2019s form sides. Daniel Farke was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,33761,393,4884,52827,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-651400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-dominic-calvert-lewin","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-jermain-defoe","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115771654753374249","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}