The 31 year old proved again this season, that when fully fit, he is uncomparable when it comes to reading the game, leadership, and calmness under pressure. Does the Premier League take precedence or does La Liga lead the way?? That is just a rare feather, in Ledley King’s cap. He continues to represent Tottenham Hotspur on an ambassadorial level. He captained the club in the League Cup final yet again, this time against Manchester United, keeping a clean sheet after 120 minutes of play, but Tottenham lost on penalties. To fend off the likes of Spain, Germany and the South American giants, you need more than a Jagielka, or a Cahill, or a Phil Jones. Ledley King's story is a sad one. He meticulously times his tackles and can use both feet so he should have had managers fighting to snap him up and way more than the 20 caps he currently holds, but a plethora of injuries have seen Tottenham’s longest current serving player spend large chunks of his career on the sideline. It's just bone on bone. Ledley King: Greatest player England never had. It was the same story like every time. This condition does not allow him to play more than one game a week without pain and rather than train with the Spurs squad, King undergoes fitness training by himself leading his current manager Harry Redknapp to call him “an absolute freak” as he is able to perform at such a high level without training. On Ledley King’s birthday. His wonder challenge on Arjen Robben, one of the quickest in the Premier League at that time, after covering more than 10 yards of ground, has amazed everyone, and is my favorite moment of the talismanic defender. He suffers from knee problems as the cartiledge in both knees has completely worn away. King has strength, pace and composure. It was time to pick the England squad, Fabio Capello/Roy Hodgson announced the 23 man squad for the Three Lions. There's no cartilage, nothing to operate on. In 2011, a steel statue of King was erected in Mile End Park. The talented defender joined Tottenham in 1997 as a trainee and initially made his name at the club as a central midfielder but later under Glen Hoddle was moved to the back line where in the absence of Sol Campbell, he flourished as a natural successor. It swells up after games and it normally takes seven days to recover, but having played on Monday night he’s had less time than usual. It is a testament to King’s actual ability that after all the injuries he still performs at such a high level and only begs the question how good could he have been had he not be hindered by injury? Throughout the whole of his career King received only eight yellow cards, unusual even for a relatively short career. Yet he will be cursing his luck as again injury has blighted his plans thus not only has King been robbed of a full career with Spurs and England, but Spurs and England have been robbed of a talented player in Ledley King. He rarely trains, he mostly just goes to the gym to keep himself ticking over. So it's just a question of managing it. This does not bode well for his World Cup hopes. Highly rated as a central defender, in 2009 he was named by The Times as Tottenham's 25th best player of all time. King underwent surgery in the summer, meaning he would miss the start of the season. Even at club level, Ledley’s chances have been limited. King was just an absolute freak of a defender as he literally had no weaknesses to his game. King won his first game ever against Arsenal in the league on 14 April 2010, with a 2–1 win, of which he played 90 minutes. The game finished 6–3 to the Ledley XI, with King opening the scoring from the penalty spot, and Louis Saha netting a second half hat trick for the XI. When breaking into the first team under former manager George Graham he was often used as a midfielder. He appeared sporadically for the rest of the season, but captained Tottenham to a 2–1 victory over Chelsea in the 2008 League Cup final, the first major honour of his career. After injuring his knee in training before the start of the season, King did not start his season until mid-September. On 19 July 2012, King announced he would retire from football. Ledley Brenton King (born 12 October 1980) is an English former footballer who was a one-club man, spending his entire career playing 321 competitive matches for Tottenham Hotspur from 1999 to 2012. The world’s population was 4,458,411,534 and there were an estimated 125,148,676 babies born throughout the world in 1980, Jimmy Carter (Democratic) was the president of the United States, and the number one song on Billboard 100 was "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen. This is nothing but what Ledley King possessed. But not running or anything like that. 4. On 3 April 2008, it was announced that he would be rested for the remainder of the season, Spurs having been knocked out of the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and unable to qualify for the Champions League through the League. Ledley Brenton King's chronic knee injury limited his game time and often saw him unable to train ahead of matches. This record stood for over 18 years, finally beaten by Shane Long, scoring for Southampton on 23 April 2019 after only 7.69 seconds. There’s no cartilage, nothing to operate on. His former manager Harry Redknapp called King "an absolute freak" for being able to perform at Premier League level despite not training. Who makes it through the filter of football’s funniest show as the Greatest Team In The World? It’s just bone on bone. Ledley played just 21 times for his country, while Terry has played 73 times, even though the latter made his debut three years later. The talented defender joined Tottenham in 1997 as a trainee and initially made his name at the club as a central midfielder but later under Glen Hoddle was moved Just another defender who’d be happy to stay at the edge of the box will not work. Ledley King was the near-perfect defender, with just the bad knee, the missing piece of the jigsaw. I would like to end on a sad line, Ledley Brenton King, the best centre back ever produced by the country since Bobby Moore, yet has less caps than Kieron Dyer, Phil Neville and Nicky Butt. “There’s no cure. That difference, almost equals three league seasons, which shows how injuries have proved pivotal for the downfall, or rather the lack of rise, in Ledley King’s career. Whenever England would play a game, one player was always missing – the key centre-back. Injury has robbed King of a long and fruitful career. A one-club man, he still played in 323 competitive games for Tottenham Hotspur winning the League Cup with them in 2008. But even if he only plays 20 games a season, he’s worth having because he’s so good we have a much better chance of winning.” – said former Spurs boss Harry Redknapp.

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