King salutes Spurs squad

Tottenham defender confident of finishing fourth

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King salutes Spurs squad

King: Happy with squad

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Ledley King believes the strength of Tottenham's squad gives them the edge in the fight for fourth place.

Spurs locked horns with one of their rivals for a UEFA Champions League spot on Saturday as they welcomed Aston Villa to White Hart Lane.

The match ended goalless and King does not expect there to be much between the teams at the end of the season.

However, the defender does not believe Aston Villa have quite as many options if key players are sidelined through injury.

He said: "I think we've got a stronger squad than them. You've seen the likes of David Bentley and Gareth Bale coming in and they're playing great, and they've added to the team, and that's the beauty of having the kind of squad we've got.

"We believe we can still do it, it's going to go down to the wire, but the best team at the end of the day will get fourth spot."

Champions League dream

Having never played in the Champions League, King admits it would be a special feeling to finally take part in Europe's premier club competition next season.

"For the last few years I've felt the club's always been going in the right directions, and finally we've got a manager who hopefully can do that for us," he stated.

"The Champions League is something I sit down and watch and look forward to on the Tuesday and Wednesday. I probably would have liked to have played it a bit earlier in my career, but that's the way it goes.

"Any footballer, playing at club level, aspires to play in the Champions League against the best players around.

"You want to play in those games, the atmosphere, against the best players, that's what you strive to do, you go into training every day and work hard to test yourself against the best.

"All the lads here love watching the games and we'll talk about them on the Tuesday and Wednesday leading up to the games and there's a hunger for us to achieve that."

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