Ledley King faces disciplinary action from Tottenham after nightclub incidient

15 May 2009 14:06
But the Tottenham manager also stressed that King, who apologised after the embarrassing incident was caught on close circuit TV, will be disciplined and that he is set to impose a nightclub ban on his players. Spurs can move closer a Europa League place tomorrow against one of their rivals for the seventh spot and King, outstanding all season, will feature. Grieving Palacios flies home"Ledley will play tomorrow," said Redknapp. "He's trained this morning, he's apologised, he made a mistake and we all make mistakes in life. Now he has to make sure he learns from it and makes sure it doesn't happen again. I've had a good chat with him and he's sorry for the way he behaved. He will be disciplined by the club. "I have no problem with people having an occasional drink but if you can't have a drink and behave yourself, if you have to get drunk you shouldn't be drinking," said Redknapp. "No-one minds if the players go out with their wives or girlfriends and have a glass of wine, it's not a problem. I'm the manager of this football club and I don't want players going out to night clubs, getting drunk and misbehaving." On his power to ban night clubbing, he said: "Of course I can, why not? I don't want them going out to night clubs. I can ban them; we can do what we want. You're paying them massive money; they're entitled to look after themselves 10 months of the year, a fantastic job coming here every day to train, to be super-fit, to be top of your profession for a few years." Redknapp, meanwhile, has Didier Zokora and Benoît Assou-Ekotto available for the visit of Manchester City, but Darren Bent, Michael Dawson and Aaron Lennon are all injured while Wilson Palacios is still in Honduras following the discovery of the remains of his 16-year-old brother following his kidnapping.

Source: Telegraph