Baller League manager Angry Ginge has revealed that he turned down the opportunity to bring ex-Premier League striker Jermain Defoe in as a wildcard for matchday 1.

- managed by Jens Lehmann, Robert Pires and Freddie Ljungberg.

Percy Kiangebeni, known as PK Humble, opened the scoring before Harry Cain, Henry Ochieng, Mohammed Mahyoub and Tyler Winters added to the scoring.

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A number of thrilling games followed, including SDS FC beating John Terry's 26ers 5-2. However, during Santan FC's game with Trebol FC, managed by Luis Figo,

Each manager gets the opportunity to get two wildcards per game week, which allows them to bring anyone to play for their team for that single match.

Asked about the rumours pre-matchday that Defoe had been rejected by Yanited, Angry Ginge said during his co-commentary: "I did [reject him], yeah. I said no.

"I come back to the manager's point of view. I found out that we were meant to have Jermain Defoe.

"I love Jermain, I think he's class, I watched him growing up, but at the end of the day, I've chosen a team of ballers and I want to see what they're about.

"I've said I'm not interested in that, let's see what the team can do. "At the end of the day, it's a chance for the boys that we've selected, so to have a pro come in with an established career is naughty."

He added: "To be honest, I'm actually quite glad I did because if we've scored seven without him, you're looking at double figures if we would have had him."

Asked if there's a chance Defoe could appear for his team, the Twitch streamer said: "That's up to Jermain.

"I've got no problem with him coming back but I want him to understand that I really like him, but I've put the boys first."