King to be disciplined over nightclub arrest

Tottenham defender Ledley King will be disciplined by the Premier League club after being arrested outside a nightclub last weekend.

King was held after a man was attacked in the early hours of last Sunday outside a club in Soho, central London. It was reported that King was drunk and became aggressive after being refused entry into the club.

The England international later apologised to Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp and is set to feature in the team which faces Manchester City at White Hart Lane on Saturday.

But Redknapp, who didn’t reveal the extend of King’s punishment at Friday’s pre-match press conference, launched an attack on the drink culture which pervades football and insisted King had to set a better example.

“Ledley will play. He has apologised. He knows he was wrong. He made a mistake and he has to learn from that and make sure it doesn’t happen again. I’ve had a good chat with him,” he said.

“There is no problem with people having the occasional drink but if you have to get drunk you shouldn’t be drinking.

“I don’t want player going to nightclubs and misbehaving. The problems nearly all come when players get drunk. These players are role models. They’ve got kids looking up to them.”