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King 'never trains'
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Published 11/03/2011 at 11:19 GMT
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has revealed that injury-prone defender Ledley King does no training during the week to try and protect his fragile body.
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But the Spurs boss claims that the strategy, though useful in the short term, is starting to catch up on the England centre-back.
"He's got a problem with his groin and I'm not sure, really," the Spurs boss said. "I took a gamble with him on Wednesday night, but I don't know.
"He's got away with not training all week and playing on Saturday but I think it's starting to catch up on him now. You can't keep doing that for ever, you have to train.
"It's crazy that you can not train once all week and then come in on a Saturday and be the best player.
"Now he's finding it more difficult - suddenly he's starting to pick up a few more injures.
"We're just keeping our fingers crossed for him and Jonathan Woodgate, because they're two fantastic centre-halves.
"We're lucky that Michael Dawson has been brilliant and William Gallas has come in for us and done a great job for us as well."
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