10 Premier League strikers that proved age doesn't matter

(#4 Jermain Defoe (Sunderland))

Crystal Palace v Sunderland - Premier League

In recent times, Jermain Defoe has become the benchmark for what can be achieved by a player reaching the latter stages of his career. Following his January switch from Toronto, he bagged the only goal in the Tyne-Wear derby to end an eight-game run without a win as well as scoring in a crucial victory against Everton in May which took the club out of the relegation zone. He then scored 15 goals in 33 games the following season to keep what was, by all means, a very poor Sunderland side in the Premier League. A further 15 goals in 37 Premier League games during the 2016/17 earned him an England recall but was not enough to prevent Sunderland from relegation to the Championship. Following his release on a free transfer, Sunderland continued to plummet further with back-to-back relegations followed by a 2-1 play-off defeat to Charlton Athletic which leaves the club playing a second season in the third tier against the likes of Lincoln City and Shrewsbury Town.