A player who over the years has been plagued by an endless amount of injuries to his knee. A player who cant train with his club team every day of the week. A player about to go to the world cup?
This season, Ledley King has made Fabio Capello's pressure driven job of delivering a world cup that ever bit harder with decisions like taking King on the plane to South Africa. One thing that is definite is that King's performances for Tottenham have been nothing less than brilliant for a man who is constantly surrounded by injury. Recent performances against Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United make it even harder to deny King a place on a world cup journey that a couple of years ago would have seemed impossible. At the moment King substitutes the average training session for swimming twice a week and only once with the rest of the team. More significantly, he is unable to play more than once a week which if in the starting 11, would be required from him in the 2010 world cup. Despite the injuries, could anyone deny such a talented and solid centre back such as Ledley King even if it is to be for a place on the bench. Unlike the other centre back options, many would argue he is the only one that offers real competition to the ever present Terry and Ferdinand. Ledley's boss Harry Redknapp believes that "he is a cert to go to the World Cup." Its a decision causing great debate and controversy, but with a six day brea
k between games in the World Cup, could this be enough for King to recover. If so then fine, but surely its important to see how he does in the friendlies against Mexico and Japan. With the usual centre backs Terry and Ferdinand seeming vulnerable for the first time in years, is Ledley King about to make a late charge onto the plane and also into a centre back position?
Thank you for reading this blog and please leave a comment on what you feel on this matter and also about the article as a whole.
This season, Ledley King has made Fabio Capello's pressure driven job of delivering a world cup that ever bit harder with decisions like taking King on the plane to South Africa. One thing that is definite is that King's performances for Tottenham have been nothing less than brilliant for a man who is constantly surrounded by injury. Recent performances against Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United make it even harder to deny King a place on a world cup journey that a couple of years ago would have seemed impossible. At the moment King substitutes the average training session for swimming twice a week and only once with the rest of the team. More significantly, he is unable to play more than once a week which if in the starting 11, would be required from him in the 2010 world cup. Despite the injuries, could anyone deny such a talented and solid centre back such as Ledley King even if it is to be for a place on the bench. Unlike the other centre back options, many would argue he is the only one that offers real competition to the ever present Terry and Ferdinand. Ledley's boss Harry Redknapp believes that "he is a cert to go to the World Cup." Its a decision causing great debate and controversy, but with a six day brea
k between games in the World Cup, could this be enough for King to recover. If so then fine, but surely its important to see how he does in the friendlies against Mexico and Japan. With the usual centre backs Terry and Ferdinand seeming vulnerable for the first time in years, is Ledley King about to make a late charge onto the plane and also into a centre back position?Thank you for reading this blog and please leave a comment on what you feel on this matter and also about the article as a whole.
