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♫ " Oh Ledley, Ledley..." ♫
A Ledley King Story.
(by Streaky25)
KING TEMPTED BY MANAGEMENT
Former Tottenham Hotspur captain Ledley King has set his sights on becoming a top manager, as he begins working towards his UEFA 'B' licence at the clubs brand new state of the art training centre.
After more than 300 appearances at the top level and 21 senior England caps, a serious knee problem forced King to retire from playing last summer, but he remains closely involved with Tottenham as an ambassador, and is occasionally working alongside Tim Sherwood, the club's head of development, as he finalises his latest coaching qualification.
" I have spoken to some former players, and they mentioned they'd found it difficult to get the opportunities they thought their CV's and talent deserved, " said King, who despite his playing potential knows, like most newly retired players he is likely to have to start his managerial career lower down the leagues and possibly in another country too.
King has enjoyed working with the younger players at Spurs enough, that a career in coaching might lie ahead. But the 32-year-old stresses that he remains at the bottom of the ladder and hopes to get more experience working alongside the array of top quality coaches at the club where he grew up.
Asked whether he had a job for life at Tottenham, the former centre-back joked: " Until I get the manager's job and I get sacked! "
He continued: " It's a long process, but these are the steps I have to take if I have aspirations of becoming a top manager. At the moment I'm lucky that I'm at a massive club, who have just moved into this fantastic training centre and if I can continue working with the youngsters here and help with their football education, it will give me a great foundation to help me with my first non-playing role. "
It remains to be seen if their is a chairman out there in England or in one of Europe's many leagues willing to take a risk and offer Ledley the role he is working towards. But if his management skills are like his playing talent and commitment, then we could maybe see the start of a very promising new coach, testing his abilities against some of the worlds great managers in the near future.
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Hi Guys, it's me again!! Due to some Steam and old laptop issues, I had to stop my Teddy Sheringham save/story, as I couldn't transfer the save onto my new laptop(I'm very poor with computers, lol). But after some careful planning and thought, I've decided to do another story and one that I'm confident of becoming a long term save/story. I have again gone down the road of using an ex-player to base my story on(again, thanks to Ze Carlos and AldoKemp-1, who's original story ideas gave me the thinking behind this, so thanks to both of them). I know Hume 7, had started a Ledley King story, but after chatting with him, he has saved over his game and due to time restrictions, won't be carrying his story on, so thanks to Hume 7 also.
Right, I chose Ledley King because being a Spurs season ticket holder(sorry, blame my dad) I had the pleasure of seeing Ledley in his prime and was gutted when he had to retire, so as I know he is currently coaching around the youth teams there and has potential thoughts of getting into management, I thought I'd use him as my character for my new story.
I have loaded up the English, French, German, Dutch and Spanish leagues, so Ledley could manage anywhere in those countries during his career and hopefully have a successful and enjoyabale journey. I'm using the latest official update database(13.3.3) and have set Ledley's experience as professional footballer and he will start unemployed.
Finally, I'm not one for cheating, as I want this to be a very memorable and near realistic story as I can make it. So I hope you all enjoy my new story and will follow, comment and like as much as possible.
Thanks for taking the time out to read the opening chapter, next update will be later.
A Ledley King Story.
(by Streaky25)
KING TEMPTED BY MANAGEMENT
Former Tottenham Hotspur captain Ledley King has set his sights on becoming a top manager, as he begins working towards his UEFA 'B' licence at the clubs brand new state of the art training centre.
After more than 300 appearances at the top level and 21 senior England caps, a serious knee problem forced King to retire from playing last summer, but he remains closely involved with Tottenham as an ambassador, and is occasionally working alongside Tim Sherwood, the club's head of development, as he finalises his latest coaching qualification.
" I have spoken to some former players, and they mentioned they'd found it difficult to get the opportunities they thought their CV's and talent deserved, " said King, who despite his playing potential knows, like most newly retired players he is likely to have to start his managerial career lower down the leagues and possibly in another country too.
King has enjoyed working with the younger players at Spurs enough, that a career in coaching might lie ahead. But the 32-year-old stresses that he remains at the bottom of the ladder and hopes to get more experience working alongside the array of top quality coaches at the club where he grew up.
Asked whether he had a job for life at Tottenham, the former centre-back joked: " Until I get the manager's job and I get sacked! "
He continued: " It's a long process, but these are the steps I have to take if I have aspirations of becoming a top manager. At the moment I'm lucky that I'm at a massive club, who have just moved into this fantastic training centre and if I can continue working with the youngsters here and help with their football education, it will give me a great foundation to help me with my first non-playing role. "
It remains to be seen if their is a chairman out there in England or in one of Europe's many leagues willing to take a risk and offer Ledley the role he is working towards. But if his management skills are like his playing talent and commitment, then we could maybe see the start of a very promising new coach, testing his abilities against some of the worlds great managers in the near future.
**************************************************
Hi Guys, it's me again!! Due to some Steam and old laptop issues, I had to stop my Teddy Sheringham save/story, as I couldn't transfer the save onto my new laptop(I'm very poor with computers, lol). But after some careful planning and thought, I've decided to do another story and one that I'm confident of becoming a long term save/story. I have again gone down the road of using an ex-player to base my story on(again, thanks to Ze Carlos and AldoKemp-1, who's original story ideas gave me the thinking behind this, so thanks to both of them). I know Hume 7, had started a Ledley King story, but after chatting with him, he has saved over his game and due to time restrictions, won't be carrying his story on, so thanks to Hume 7 also.
Right, I chose Ledley King because being a Spurs season ticket holder(sorry, blame my dad) I had the pleasure of seeing Ledley in his prime and was gutted when he had to retire, so as I know he is currently coaching around the youth teams there and has potential thoughts of getting into management, I thought I'd use him as my character for my new story.
I have loaded up the English, French, German, Dutch and Spanish leagues, so Ledley could manage anywhere in those countries during his career and hopefully have a successful and enjoyabale journey. I'm using the latest official update database(13.3.3) and have set Ledley's experience as professional footballer and he will start unemployed.
Finally, I'm not one for cheating, as I want this to be a very memorable and near realistic story as I can make it. So I hope you all enjoy my new story and will follow, comment and like as much as possible.
Thanks for taking the time out to read the opening chapter, next update will be later.
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