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- Jun 10, 2004
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Tottenham star Ledley King is hopeful his knee injury will not be an issue this season.
The Spurs skipper has been dogged by problems with his knee over the last 12 months - which restricted him to just 10 appearances last season.
The 27-year-old has spent much of the summer in Spain rehabilitating and King is confident he can cope with two or three games a week over the coming campaign.
"I'm going into it quite confident," he said.
"We're going to have to see but I don't see why I shouldn't be able to play in all the games. The proof will be in the pudding but hopefully I will be fine.
"You never know how it is going to react but hopefully, touch wood, I will be able to do that."
King has had to put up with rumours suggesting he may even be forced to quit the game, and the England star admits it has been hard.
"It's been tough. The toughest part of my career so far, definitely," he continued.
"Obviously there are rumours and everything, there were times that it did get on top of me. You have your friends and family and you need those people around you to keep you going."
King admits that the team are desperate to break into the top-four and seal a place in the UEFA Champions League.
"I don't think we want to talk about it too much but within the group and in the changing room we definitely believe we have the players capable of achieving that," he said.
"Deep down inside we'll be disappointed if we don't. As players and a club we realise it is the next step for us.
"We've got the talent to do it but it's a lot more difficult than just saying it and talking about it.
"There are 38 games and every one is tough, you have to be willing to grind out results when you're not playing so well and get results away from home.
"We've not been doing that and we'll have to do that if we want to break in the top four.
"In the months after the new manager came in, what we improved on was our performances against the top four teams and proving we can get results against them. Now we need to find a consistency."
Tottenham star Ledley King is hopeful his knee injury will not be an issue this season.
The Spurs skipper has been dogged by problems with his knee over the last 12 months - which restricted him to just 10 appearances last season.
The 27-year-old has spent much of the summer in Spain rehabilitating and King is confident he can cope with two or three games a week over the coming campaign.
"I'm going into it quite confident," he said.
"We're going to have to see but I don't see why I shouldn't be able to play in all the games. The proof will be in the pudding but hopefully I will be fine.
"You never know how it is going to react but hopefully, touch wood, I will be able to do that."
King has had to put up with rumours suggesting he may even be forced to quit the game, and the England star admits it has been hard.
"It's been tough. The toughest part of my career so far, definitely," he continued.
"Obviously there are rumours and everything, there were times that it did get on top of me. You have your friends and family and you need those people around you to keep you going."
King admits that the team are desperate to break into the top-four and seal a place in the UEFA Champions League.
"I don't think we want to talk about it too much but within the group and in the changing room we definitely believe we have the players capable of achieving that," he said.
"Deep down inside we'll be disappointed if we don't. As players and a club we realise it is the next step for us.
"We've got the talent to do it but it's a lot more difficult than just saying it and talking about it.
"There are 38 games and every one is tough, you have to be willing to grind out results when you're not playing so well and get results away from home.
"We've not been doing that and we'll have to do that if we want to break in the top four.
"In the months after the new manager came in, what we improved on was our performances against the top four teams and proving we can get results against them. Now we need to find a consistency."
