(Reuters) - Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce is keen on signing Sunderland's 34-year-old striker Jermain Defoe at the end of the season, but must wait until his own team's Premier League future is secure before a reunion becomes possible. "If we are safe in the Premier League and Jermain Defoe is available and he wants to come to Crystal Palace, I'd be interested," Allardyce, who managed the striker while in charge of Sunderland last season, told a news conference on Friday. Maybe by the time we are safe, someone else will have already done who is safe and who knows. Palace are in 16th place, six points above Swansea City who occupy the final relegation place, and tantalisingly close to safety on 38 points with three games to play. "We need to defend correctly again," Allardyce said ahead of Saturday's trip to fourth-placed Manchester City.

Source: The Star May 05, 2017 13:07 UTC