Caps: 21 Ledley King was an outstandingly talented central defender who spent the entirety of his 13 year playing career with Spurs. He was a true one-club man, which truly is a rarity in modern football and he inevitably became the clubs captain. Like Jonathan Woodgate, King suffered from persistent injury. Though, in King's case, it was even more severe. He had a chronic knee injury that meant he couldn't actually train at all in his later playing years - he literally had no cartilage in his knees, so his joints in that area were just bone on bone. But this really only served to emphasise just how rare and great a talent he was, as he could still perform to excellent standards quite effortlessly when playing at the top level, in spite of such a chronic condition. It is not unrealistic to say that. if King had remained fully fit for his entire career, he would undoubtedly have been Englands stand-out defender of the last twenty years. His 22 caps just weren't enough for a man of his world class talent. King made 268 league appearances for Spurs - which could have been so much more - and he fulfilled a dream by winning a trophy with the club when they won the League Cup in 2008. So there you have it - ten Spurs players who should have earned more England caps. Did you enjoy this article? Did you agree with the entries on this list? Which other English Spurs players deserved more international caps? Let us know in the comments box below. And please feel free to follow me on Twitter!
