King has long battled a chronic knee complaint and was restricted to just nine appearances last season before having more surgery over the summer. Yet Redknapp perseveres with the 30-year-old due to his contribution when fit, a fact again demonstrated during Saturday's 2-0 win at Wolves. King was a calm and assured figure at the back as goals from newcomer Emmanuel Adebayor and Jermain Defoe secured Spurs' first league win of the season, despite the absence of nine injured players. Redknapp said: "Ledley is an amazing player. He only ever trains for a few minutes the day before a game. "It will take all week now for his knee to go down and then we will try and get him on the park next Sunday (against Liverpool) but he is one of the best centre-halfs you will ever see. "It is no coincidence that he comes back into the side and we win 2-0. I brought him back at Liverpool at the end of last season and we also won 2-0 there. "He is different class, he gives an air of confidence, he knows what he is doing. "People around Ledley respond to him. "He doesn't make too many last-ditch tackles because he is already in position to deal with it. "Like the Bobby Moores and Alan Hansens over the years, they understand what they are doing - and that's what he does." It was an almost perfect day for Redknapp, with on-loan Manchester City striker Adebayor off the mark and another newcomer, Scott Parker, bossing the midfield. Redknapp said: "I was delighted with Ade's performance and it looks like his partnership with Jermain has the makings of a good combination. "Scotty gave us so much in midfield. He patrolled that area, broke up attacks and put the ball through for the opening goal." Wolves defender Stephen Ward claimed Spurs were flattered by their victory and believes the midlands club have a stronger squad to tackle the Barclays Premier League this season. He said: "We are disappointed. I don't think they will look at it and say they deserved to win. I thought we gave as good as we got and are disappointed we didn't get a couple of goals ourselves. "They are a quality side, they played in the Champions League last season. They took their chances, we didn't take ours and that is the difference. We couldn't find that killer touch. "You look at who they've signed in the transfer window and they've kept hold of stars like Modric. "But I don't think we can be too disheartened with how we are playing. We are playing really well at the moment. "Maybe it is a reflection of how far we've come, that we are disappointed with seven points from four games. It shows how much we believe in ourselves as a team this year. "As a squad, we are a lot stronger and a lot harder to beat."
