Ledley King hired as Jose Mourinho's assistant at Tottenham

Tottenham has appointed former captain Ledley King to become an assistant manr under Jose Mourinho.

39-year-old King spent his entire 13-year playing career at Tottenham and has been a club ambassador since retiring in 2012.

He has a tremendous affinity with this football club and fans appreciate just how much he has accomplished as a true Spurs man both on and off pitch," Mourinho said.

We have developed a good relationship since I arrived, and we hope to use his experience and insight to support work we are doing with squad. former center back made 323 appearances for Tottenham and lifted League Cup as captain in 2008 which is club's last major trophy.

King has joined Mourinho's backroom team in place of tactical analyst Ricardo Formosinho, who has left club.

new season is due to begin in September. Tottenham finished sixth in Mourinho's first season to qualify for Europa League. 

Im credits: AP