Ledley King is in the final year of his Tottenham contract and boss Harry Redknapp says the defender must play at least 20 games to earn an extension. King has been troubled by injury throughout his career and rarely trains with the Tottenham squad as his knees swell up after every game.
The 30-year-old underwent an operation on his troublesome knee this summer in a bid to make sure that he would get a full campaign under his belt and King is eager to earn a new deal.
"Is 20 games a realistic target? Yes, I aim to play as many as I can," King told the London Evening Standard.
"Last season I started with a niggly groin problem, played the first few games and then came off against Fulham with a torn groin muscle.
"From then, every time I tried to come back I kept having a problem with the groin.
"It was a nightmare situation trying to get it right, so I worked over the summer trying to get it right and coming into this season it feels a lot better. "It's just a case of getting back to concentrating on looking after the knee now and hopefully nothing else will pop out of the woodwork. "If I can just manage the knee, there is no reason I can't play quite regularly."
