Club Ambassador, Ledley King has plenty of responsibilities at Tottenham Hotspur still, but the former Spurs skipper reveals he has one very specific task on his to-do list at the moment, and it involves Ashley Phillips.
King wants to see Phillips progress
Phillips was signed from Blackburn Rovers just over a year ago, and while he’s not made his senior debut for the Lilywhites yet, he has been on the bench a number of times.
The young defender goes into the new campaign on the back of a successful loan spell with Plymouth Argyle last season, and is currently poised to be a part of Ange Postecoglou‘s squad for the upcoming season.
Speaking to Football.London, club legend King explained that he wants to have a chat with Phillips: “I’ve not sat down and had the real opportunity [to speak to them], but I’d like to go into the training centre throughout the season just to speak to some of the youngsters, especially defenders… people like Ashley Phillips.”
“I do like him. I think he’s got a lot of qualities. I spoke to him the other day and said we definitely need to sit down and speak about your game, and how we can progress it. That’s something that I definitely enjoy, especially with centre-backs.”
What does King see in Phillips?
Continuing to discuss the Spurs youngster, King outlined the strong points in Phillips’ game: “There’s always going to be some traits, he’s tall, he’s quick, he’s good on the ball.
“There’s definitely some good traits, but when you’re young, it’s good when you just have a wiser head that can give you a few pointers, things just to make your game a little bit easier, because when you’re young, you play the game the hard way, you don’t know all the tricks.
“I think that the earlier you know a few tricks and you’re putting yourself in the right positions, it really makes your game a lot easier. So we’ll sit down, we will go through his game and see how we can improve it.”
Spurs Web Opinion
I really would like to see Phillips retained as part of the first-team squad this season rather than going out on loan.
He should really be pushing on to become our fourth-choice centre half now ahead of Ben Davies as we look to develop him for the future.
