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Simon Rice has worked at The Independent since the summer of 2007 and takes care of all things sport for online.

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Jermaine Defoe returned to Tottenham today, just 12 months after leaving the north London club. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has made some excuse about his contract not having long to run and that's why he sold him blah blah blah. But considering they sold him for £9m and bought him back for £15m, Tottenham must be kicking themselves. They should never have let him go.

This got me to thinking though, if you could bring any player back to your club after he was sold, who would it be?

As a Fulham fan, I've got my pick of the bunch. I became a season ticket holder just prior to Mohamed Al Fayed taking over and in the subsequent ten years or so, there's been more comings and goings than in Tesco's booze bargain aisle. But if I had to pick one, I would have to say Steed Malbranque who moved to Tottenham, and who now plays at Sunderland. He was the most consistent player at Fulham, it seemed like he set up at least one goal every match. Ex-PM Tony Blair even decribed him as a "really really good player - fantastic"!

Who would you have liked to see return to your club after he was sold?