IT'S a good job Ledley King is injured at the moment otherwise he'd have to rely on lifts to and from training for a while.

Club captain and perennial injury worry 'Deadly' Ledley has been slapped with a 56-day driving ban after being convicted of doing 105mph in his top-of-the-range Mercedes on the A14 in Suffolk.

Really opened her up, didn't he?

If he was fit and able to train with the rest of the squad then he could of course hop in with team-mate and fellow resident of Cuffley in Hertfordshire, Jermain Defoe.

Just as long as he makes sure the striker doesn't take any calls while he's behind the wheel. In Loughton. In front of the police.

King was handed an £800 ban and ordered to pay £250 costs, which would be a lot to you and I but since he probably trousered a couple of grand in the time it took him to get out of bed this morning, I'd say he can afford it.

I like Ledley, he's a great player and he seems like a good guy. But after the incident outside a Soho nightclub last year and now this, one wonders why professional footballers can't behave themselves, especially ones whose age begins with a three.

On to less certain matters now and the rumour that midfielder Jamie O'Hara will join up with Avram Grant at West Ham during next months' window.

The player went to Portsmouth on loan when Grant was enjoying himself down on the south coast and, with the strength of our squad such as it is, his first-team opportunities will be limited even after he's fully recovered from a back injury.

Meanwhile, perhaps one of the best things said by a football club chairman in recent times (for the Spurs faithful, at least) – Daniel Levy has stated that Gareth Bale will not be sold, such is his importance to the team.

The old joke goes that as soon as a manager is given the dreaded 'vote of confidence' by the chairman, his days are numbered.

Let's hope that the complete opposite applies to when the big boss says a player is staying put for a while yet.