Rangers stars ALL miss Jermain Defoe’s wedding – as just two Ibrox admin staff attend big day
GUTTED Rangers stars weren’t able to make ex teammate Jermain Defoe’s plush wedding – as they had holidays booked up. All the players were invited to the five-star bash down south where Defoe, 39, tied the knot to Scot Donna Tierney. But only two Ibrox admin staff could make the £200,000 ceremony with some players […]
GUTTED Rangers stars weren’t able to make ex teammate Jermain Defoe’s plush wedding – as they had holidays booked up.
All the players were invited to the five-star bash down south where Defoe, 39, tied the knot to Scot Donna Tierney.
But only two Ibrox admin staff could make the £200,000 ceremony with some players choosing to go on abroad instead.
Other stars – including his close pals Joe Aribo, 25, and Glen Kamara, 26, were away on international duty with Nigeria and Finland respectively.
The couple wed at Cliveden House, Berkshire, last week in front of footie pals from his time in England.
A source said: “He made a lot of good pals at Rangers but the timing wasn’t good. As soon as the season is done all the players go away on holiday.
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“You had some guys in Dubai and others in Ibiza.
“Other international players still hadn’t finished their seasons so couldn’t go.
“The only two folk from Rangers who went were the players’ PA and a receptionist.”
Defoe previously told how Aribo and Kamara were among his closest pals at the club.
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He said: “Joe Aribo and Glen Kamara call me uncle. It’s so funny at this stage in my career.
“I’d come in the gym and the lads would be on their phones and say ‘uncle’s coming, uncle’s coming’.”
Tottenham assistant first team coach Ledley King, 41, and ex West Ham legend turned TalkSport pundit Carlton Cole, 38, witnessed the nuptials.
Also on the guest list was former Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips, 40.
Donna, 40, partied in a luxury tree house near Durham for her hen do in April. She wore a mask of her hubby-to-be’s face and shared hilarious snaps on social media.
The couple were engaged in August 2021 after Jermain presented Donna with a stunning diamond ring worth tens of thousands of pounds.
They waited for Covid to pass before getting married.
The duo publicly shared their ongoing love affair, with besotted businesswoman Donna posting snaps on Instagram with the caption “J #ForeverEver”.
Cliveden House, which charges £1,500-a-night for guests, hosted Meghan Markle and her mother Doria Ragland the night before her royal marriage to Prince Harry in 2018.
The 400-acre retreat was central to one of the most infamous scandals that shook British parliament – the Profumo Affair in 1963 – after the married Conservative war minister John met Christine Keeler, 19, and began a relationship.
She was also bedding a Soviet naval attaché, sparking a serious security risk.
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