{"id":21408,"date":"2026-07-25T21:16:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=21408"},"modified":"2026-07-25T21:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:16:54","slug":"ledley-king-makes-bold-prediction-on-where-tottenham-will-finish-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=21408","title":{"rendered":"Ledley King makes bold prediction on where Tottenham will finish next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-406247\">\n<div class=\"article-follow\">\n<div class=\"article-sharing google-follow\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> <span>Add as preferred source on Google<\/span>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Ledley King is very confident about Tottenham\u2019s prospects as the club head into their first full season under Roberto De Zerbi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rewind three months, and there was a feeling of doom and gloom surrounding Spurs, with relegation from the Premier League looking a likely outcome.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVMultiVideo\"\/>\n<p>Not only has De Zerbi managed to keep the club in the top flight, but he has also injected new enthusiasm into the supporters and the team, with a feeling of excitement at Tottenham ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>What has added to the feeling is the club\u2019s decision to spend big on new players and break their self-imposed wage ceiling, with the squad looking a lot more formidable than it did last campaign.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2025\/03\/ledley-king-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Ledley King Tottenham\" class=\"wp-image-325714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2025\/03\/ledley-king-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2025\/03\/ledley-king-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2025\/03\/ledley-king-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2025\/03\/ledley-king-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2025\/03\/ledley-king-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2025\/03\/ledley-king-1.jpg 1280w\"\/><\/div><figcaption title=\"(Credit: @AlfieNicholsonJournalism)\">Credit: @AlfieNicholsonJournalism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ledley-king-believes-tottenham-can-finish-in-the-top-four\">Ledley King believes Tottenham can finish in the top four<\/h2>\n<p>King believes that Spurs will finish in the top six next season and admitted that he would not be surprised if his former side even got back into the top four.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested that with Liverpool and Chelsea potentially in transition, the door could be open for the Lilywhites to get back into the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>King told OLGB: \u201cI think we\u2019d be a top six side, and it wouldn\u2019t surprise me if we were in the top four. I think he\u2019s (De Zerbi) been fantastic. I think he\u2019s come in and made a huge difference\u2026 mainly it was about players playing with their heart, and I think he managed to get that out of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more-wrapper lazy see-more-closed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" data-type=\"twitter\"><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"embed_406247_1\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more twitter\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Could Tottenham finish in the top four this season? \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<p>Spurs legend Ledley King is predicting a BIG season under Roberto De Zerbi \ud83d\udc14<\/p>\n<p>Watch King&#8217;s full episode on The @JeffStelling Show on @OLBG&#8217;s YouTube channel NOW \ud83d\udcfa<\/p>\n<p>18+ | GambleAware | Ad <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M68rY963jB\">pic.twitter.com\/M68rY963jB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OLBG.com (@OLBG) July 23, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><label for=\"embed_406247_1\" data-type=\"twitter\">View Tweet<\/label><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-king-is-not-alone-in-backing-spurs-for-champions-league-qualification\">King is not alone in backing Spurs for Champions League qualification<\/h2>\n<p>King is not alone in predicting a top four finish for Tottenham, with Louis Saha also suggesting that De Zerbi can take Spurs back to the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the Tottenham boss has also set his sights on a top-four finish, and the Italian has made an exciting announcement ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>De Zerbi has said that Spurs deserve to compete for the top of the Premier League, and added that he feels a sense of responsibility to get the club to the target.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/subscribe\/\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-feedback\">\n<div class=\"info\"> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\"> <path fill=\"#EC1B23\" d=\"M27.167 5.194c.261-.124.444-.325.75-.403-1.331-1.581-3.131-2.651-5.114-3.196-1.88-.517-4.161-.765-6.074-.262-1.756.461-3.144 1.672-4.802 2.352-2.104.862-4.426.657-6.531-.104.48 4.57.969 9.13 1.498 13.651 1.279.743 2.629.96 4.079.712 1.594-.273 3.005-1.037 4.47-1.677 1.684-.737 3.42-1.106 5.263-.953 2.008.167 3.886.889 5.715 1.689 1-1.933.535-4.317.117-6.342-.369-1.788-1.136-4.145.629-5.467.261-.124-.241.181 0 0z\"\/> <path d=\"M8.045 27.831c.098.865.627 3.145-.403 3.11-.497-.016-.622-.631-.692-1.325-.88-8.808-2.006-17.214-2.822-25.862-.043-.456-.205-1.421.519-1.44.665-.017.749 1.267.749 1.267s2.242 20.663 2.649 24.25z\"\/><\/svg> <span>Have something to tell us about this article?<\/span> <span><button class=\"button\" onclick=\"window.location.href=\" http:=\"\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Feedback\">Let us know<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add as preferred source on Google Ledley King is very confident about Tottenham\u2019s prospects as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}