Former England striker Jermaine Defoe could be set to land his first managerial role.

The 41-year-old has been the main man in charge of Tottenham's Under-18s team since 2022.

One of the options may be to go to his old club Sunderland, but Defoe has other offers, per The Sun.

Speaking to the Sunderland Echo, he said: "I've had no interview or anything like that.

"I spoke about obviously the people that want to come with me and even in the background, certain players that I know that I can attract, young top players in the country that I can attract to try and get the club back into the Premier League.

"I've had those sorts of discussions. So nothing's changed really, but I've not had an interview.

"I went to the Leeds-Sunderland game and just watched the team and stuff like that. So that's it."