{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Ledley King: The Spurs Legend Who Never Trained!","description":"Thierry Henry called him the best defender he ever faced. Ledley King did it while barely training 😱\n\nNow the Tottenham legend reveals the doctor’s warning that ended his career 🤕\n\nIn this brutally honest episode of The Jeff Stelling Show, brought to you by OLBG, Ledley opens up about one of the most remarkable careers in Premier League history.\n\nFrom playing grassroots football alongside John Terry and Bobby Zamora to becoming Tottenham Hotspur captain, King tells Jeff about his terrifying Anfield debut, lifting the 2008 League Cup, facing Thierry Henry and Didier Drogba, and playing for Spurs after months without a proper training session 😳\n\nHe also discusses the isolation and mental toll of his injuries, the medical warning that forced him to retire at 31, and his World Cup heartbreak with England under Fabio Capello 💔\n\nPlus, Ledley gives his honest verdict on:\n⭐️ Playing with Gareth Bale and Luka Modric\n😭 Getting the treatment that made Gennaro Gattuso cry\n📈 Roberto De Zerbi’s Tottenham rebuild\n🏆 Closing the Premier League gap to Arsenal\n📝 Whether he could return to coaching one day\n\n🎧 Enjoying the show? Follow The Jeff Stelling Show wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode, and leave us a rating and review - it really helps new listeners find us.\n\n🚨 WIN a signed Ledley King Tottenham Shirt! Entry is completely FREE!\n\nEnter NOW: 👉 olbg.com/king\n\n18+ | UK Entrants Only | T&Cs apply\n\n#LedleyKing #TottenhamHotspur #THFC #Spurs #COYS #Tottenham #TottenhamNews #SpursNews #PremierLeague #TopFour #RobertoDeZerbi #JeffStelling #TheJeffStellingShow #OLBG #FootballPodcast","author_name":"The Jeff Stelling Show","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5169171-the-jeff-stelling-show","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43562042/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8929299/embed?v=202301\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Audioboom player\" allow=\"autoplay\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"></iframe>"}