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King was a special special player described by many of his fellow pros as a freak due to his lack of training yet still turning out the weekly performances that he did. Even Henry called him the best defender he played against as he never fouled him and always won the ball fairly….an absolute Rolls Royce of a player….I think we can agree to disagree because I doubt I would change your mind.
But it is likely that your opinion will not be shared by most Spurs supporters, let alone non-Spur ones.
You are saying that King's better than:
1) Modric, a Ballon D'Or winner, in a Ronaldo/Messi era.
2) Bale, a world-record transfer, who has basically won everything you can win in club football.
King has:
1) Not played in CL
2) Played less than 30 games from 2006 season onwards.
3) Not an England regular.
I have special memories of King mainly because he was the stand-out player back when we were mid-table or worse. However if I were to be objective, I dont think King's even better than Toby. The Toby/Verthogen backline is widely recognized as the best of what we had since PL, and has performed at CL-level.