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I’m amazed how the media try and make something massive out of something very small. It happens with many non-football things, like the McCartney divorce, but for Jermain Defoe’s ‘bite’ on Javier Mascherano to make the front pages of newspapers is ridiculous.<\/p>\n

Thankfully the incident isn’t going to be taken further, and rightly so.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the FA said: “We are unable to take any action because the referee has already dealt with the incident.<\/p>\n

“Fifa regulations prevent us from taking retrospective action.”<\/p>\n

Defoe had earlier said: “This has been blown out of all proportion. The referee was standing right over me and if he felt I had done anything bad he would have sent me off.<\/p>\n

“When the West Ham player fouled me, I reacted in a bit of a mischievous way; my character is a little like that at times. The referee was standing right over me and, if he felt I had done anything bad, he would have sent me off.<\/p>\n

“The incident doesn’t look great on TV and I accept that as a role model to kids I have a responsibility to conduct myself in the right way which I always try to do on and off the pitch.”<\/p>\n

The story of course doesn’t end there as flop Mascherano now claims: “To receive a bite was the worst thing that has happened to me,” if that’s the worst thing he’s ever had to suffer, then he’s had a very blessed life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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