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Tottenham defender Ledley King could face surgery after suffering another groin problem. King has been out since October and suffered the injury in training on Tuesday. Quoted in several newspapers, Spurs manager Harry Redknapp said: “Ledley was playing great and then, with the last kick of the morning, did his groin again. “We’ve been deciding if he...

Harry Redknapp has defended Ledley King after the Spurs skipper was pictured coming out of a nightclub looking like he had fallen asleep. He said: “It was only one picture, and only Ledley who looks like he’s fallen asleep. “They came to me and said they wanted to go out for dinner. Rafa [van der Vaart] and the new lads said they wanted to go out. “I...

Tottenham defender Ledley King has been banned from driving for 56 days. King, 30, of Cuffley, Hertfordshire, had previously admitted speeding on the A14 near Newmarket, Suffolk, in June, and was sentenced when he appeared before magistrates in Sudbury. He had argued that he had been travelling at no more than 95mph – not the 105mph recorded by a policeman using...

Spurs’ Ledley King hopes to have recovered from a groin injury sooner rather than later. King has not played since facing Fulham in mid-October and is hoping to be back in action sooner rather than later. “It has been a bit of a complicated one, not as straightforward as the ones I have had before,” King told Sky Sports News. “So at the moment...

Tottenham defender William Gallas has been ruled out for at least three weeks with an abductor muscle injury sustained in training on Friday. Typically Ledley King also picked up a groin strain in the same training session, which means that Sebastien Bassong is still our only fit experienced central defender. Vedran Corluka played alongside him at West Ham on Saturday...

Ledley King has warned his Tottenham team mates that they cannot use their Champions League involvement as an excuse ahead of the visit of Wolves. We all remember last year’s defeat to Mick McCarthy’s side at the Lane and King is focused that it won’t happen this season. “No disrespect to Wolves, but these are the games we need to win to build...

Ledley King believes that Tottenham’s Champions League involvement will not affect their Premier League campaign. We kick off our European group stage adventure on Tuesday night in Werder Bremen and King feels that Spurs have enough quality players to be able to compete in both competitions, without suffering any setbacks. “We’ve been in Europe before...

Sebastien Bassong is expected to start for Spurs in Tuesday night’s Champions League game against Young Boys of Berne. The first leg which takes place in Switzerland is played on Astroturf and Harry Redknapp is not willing to risk the fitness of Ledley King by playing him on such a surface. We all know the problems Ledley has had with his knee and Harry is definitely...

Ledley King is hopeful of being fit for the start of the new season after getting through 45 minutes against Ipswich Town without any set-backs. King started the 1-0 victory over Ipswich for a Spurs XI whilst the remainder of the first team were out in Portugal defeating Benfica by the same scoreline. The centre-back’s injury problems have received much press over...

Ledley King has reportedly been given the decision to choose between representing Tottenham in the league or in Europe this season. King has a well-documented knee problem that restricts him from playing two games in a week, meaning it would be difficult for him to manage both campaigns. Redknapp has admitted his star defender will have to be used sparingly, but will...