Tottenham head coach Juande Ramos has described Ledley King as his ‘‘Rolls Royce in the garage’’ and will continue to assess his skipper’s knee ahead of each game to get him playing as often as possible.
King, 27, sat out the final two months of last season to get ready for the new campaign but was not 100 per cent for the trip to Middlesbrough and was on the bench.
Ramos accepts his captain needs to prepare for matches differently and may need late checks to make sure his knee is ready, which was not the case a week ago.
‘‘He was possibly not quite right,’’ Ramos said.
‘‘The thing about Ledley is that he has a particular way of preparing for games, we look after him in a certain way physically and we have to take it on a match-bymatch basis as to whether he is going to feature, depending on how he feels physically.
‘‘He has trained well on Wednesday and Thursday without any negative reaction and we’ll see how that impacts ahead of Saturday’s game against Sunderland.’’ Ramos added: ‘‘His knee is not something you can predict a month ahead or a season ahead, it is something we need to look at short term.’’ King played ten times last season – but is guaranteed a place when 100 per cent fit.
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if hes a Rolls Royce he should start acting like one….Rollers are known for their workmanship and reliability, 2 things we havent got from this a**hole for a good 18 months now!!! I couldnt give a toss if we sell the goofy phuqwit and get some less injury prone defenders in:)