Ledley King’s international career appears to have been effectively ended this week when he returned to Spurs Lodge from England’s training camp. He will play no further part in Fabio Capello’s preparations for Saturday’s friendly with Slovakia or the World Cup qualifier against Ukraine next week.
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Harry Redknapp yesterday told Fabio Capello that he was making a mistake in calling up Ledley King for the England squad. His views were communicated to the England manager as Tottenham Hotspur officials attempted to negotiate King’s withdrawal on the basis that they believe a return to international football would wreck what is left of his career.
Fabio Capello’s surprise selection is a measure of the class of the Tottenham centre-back who cannot train Ledley King knows the drill by now. Every morning after he has played he wakes to find his knee puffed up and painful, with another week of recuperation, mind-numbing gym work and endless lengths of the swimming pool ahead before he kicks a football again in anger. His surprise recall to the England set-up is unlikely to alter that routine. The only difference may be that the facilities h
