 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Defoe akabatana nePortsmouth muna Ndira 2008 nokuda kwe7.5 mamiriyoni. Akahwina zvibodzwa zvakaenzana pakutanga kwake, 11 dhizaini kumba kuChelsea. Muna Kurume 2008, akatadza kutamba neTottenham sezvo Premier League yakatonga kuti aisakodzera kuzviita sezvo pakutanga akasainwa pachikwereti muna Ndira 2008. Mumutambo wePortsmouth neWigan Athletic svondo rakatevera, akarova kaviri; mukuita kudaro, akazova mutambi wekutanga wePortsmouth kurova mumitambo yake yekutanga mishanu yekumba. Nekuda kwekuonekwa mumatanho echitatu nerechina eTottenham, Defoe akazviwana akabatanidzwa mukombe mumitambo yese yakazotevera yemushandirapamwe waPompey wakabudirira wa2007-08 FA Cup. Izvi zvairevawo kuti akatadza kutamba muSpurs League Cup yekupedzisirakukunda Chelsea, zvisinei achiri kugamuchira menduru yake yevakundi, kunyangwe makore gumi gare gare, muna Zvita 2018. Defoe akapedza 2007-08 aine zvibodzwa zvisere mumitambo gumi nemaviri yePortsmouth. 