Image:Jermain Defoe: To rejoin England's squad on Friday after attending father's funeral
Jermain Defoe will link back up with the England squad on Friday after returning home to attend his father's funeral.
England striker will travel back after attending father's funeral
Jermain Defoe will link back up with the England squad on Friday after returning home to attend his father's funeral.
Defoe's father passed away before the start of Euro 2012 and the 29-year-old said he had been touched by the support he had received.
He travelled back to Poland before the opening group game against France, where he was introduced as a late substitute.
The Football Association has now confirmed that Defoe has returned to England for his father's funeral, but he will reunite with his England team-mates ahead of the weekend.
Defoe will then be able complete preparations for Sunday's quarter-final with Italy in Kiev.
