{"id":1101699,"date":"2019-08-14T18:25:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T17:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1101699"},"modified":"2019-08-14T18:25:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T17:25:22","slug":"spurs-trophy-count-ledley-king","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/spurs-trophy-count-ledley-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs should not be judged on trophy count this season, says Ledley King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Tottenham captain Ledley King doesn&#8217;t think the club has to win a trophy this season to be judged as &#8220;successful&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite overseeing four consecutive top-four finishes, Mauricio Pochettino is yet to deliver a piece of silverware in north London and even suggested last season that finishing in the top four is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11675\/11619861\/mauricio-pochettino-says-trophies-only-build-ego-and-tottenham-always-want-to-be-in-top-four\" rel=\"noopener\">more important<\/a>&#8221; than lifting trophies.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Do Spurs need a trophy? Five key things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Spurs haven&#8217;t won a trophy since 2008, losing the UCL final last season.<\/li>\n<li>But Pochettino has overseen four consecutive top-four finishes.<\/li>\n<li>Since 2008, rivals Arsenal and Chelsea have won a combined 14 trophies.<\/li>\n<li>Pochettino says it is time for Spurs to finally deliver silverware this season.<\/li>\n<li>But King doesn&#8217;t think a trophy is &#8220;important&#8221; this term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7336082-10-predictions-for-the-2019-20-premier-league-season<\/p>\n<p>More recently, the Argentine tactician has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/tottenham\/mauricio-pochettino-tottenham-must-win-a-trophy-to-be-successful-top-four-is-not-enough-a4210151.html\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> he would only deem this season a success if he got his hands on a trophy but King doesn&#8217;t see it quite as plainly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, it is important just to improve,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-7356099\/Ledley-King-insists-Tottenham-not-need-win-trophies-deemed-successful.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ico=taboola_feed_desktop_sport\">responded<\/a> when asked if it was vital for Tottenham to break their trophy duck.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We all want to win trophies, every team wants to win trophies, but it is not a given. It is very difficult and no-one has a given right to win anything.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;The team will be trying to compete on all fronts to win anything, but I don&#8217;t think you can judge the season on not winning a trophy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;We will be able to look at the season as a whole and see what we have done. Last season was great for the club but we didn&#8217;t win a trophy, so I don&#8217;t think it can be judged like that.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Liverpool vs Chelsea European Super Cup Squawka Tactics\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZEYr4G07pvc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;We all realise how difficult it is to win trophies at the moment &#8211; Manchester City won three last year, so the competition is very tough.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The players want to improve and they will be looking to try and compete and, until they are out of a potential title race, they will believe they can be right up there amongst it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Spurs kicked off their 2019\/20 campaign with a 3-1 comeback win against Aston Villa on Saturday but face the tough prospect of travelling to defending champions Manchester City this weekend.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1101271\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/combined-xi-opening-premier-league-weekend\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1101271\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1101271\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/12160519\/Best-Worst-Premier-League.jpg\" alt=\"The best and worst players from the 2019\/20 Premier League's opening weekend.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/12160519\/Best-Worst-Premier-League.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/12160519\/Best-Worst-Premier-League-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/12160519\/Best-Worst-Premier-League-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/12160519\/Best-Worst-Premier-League-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/12160519\/Best-Worst-Premier-League-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/12160519\/Best-Worst-Premier-League-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/12160519\/Best-Worst-Premier-League-940x530.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1101271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/combined-xi-opening-premier-league-weekend\">Best &amp; worst combined XIs from Premier League 2019\/20 opening weekend<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>And King feels that is a game for both sides to lay down a marker and show they mean business this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;It is very early in the season, but it is a big game for both teams,&#8221; King added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;Both will want to lay down a marker to say &#8216;this is where we are at this season&#8217;, but, of course, we all know there is such a long way to go, so many twists and turns. 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