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Jermain Defoe will join Queens Park Rangers in January.

England striker Defoe, 32, has agreed a three-year deal worth £80,000 a week - and his MLS club Toronto have sanctioned the move.‎

Defoe wanted to return home in August and flew back to push for a move but QPR and Leicester both failed with beat-the-deadline moves.

But Defoe has got his wish after his MLS dream turned sour - and he desperately wants to quit Toronto.

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It is a chance to link up again with Harry Redknapp, who is keen to strengthen his forward options in the battle for Premier League survival.

But the signings of Defoe and Rio Ferdinand fly in the face of what Tony Fernandes envisioned for the club when they got promoted to the Premier League.

They brought in big names on big contracts last time they were in the top flight and promised not to do so again - but clearly Redknapp has persuaded his chairman to make another exception.

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