Ledley King's World Cup hopes have suffered a major blow with Tottenham revealing he has fractured the fourth metatarsal of his left foot.
King suffered the injury during Spurs' 1-0 Easter Saturday win over Everton at Goodison Park.
The Spurs website tottenhamhotspur.com said: "Ledley King has suffered a stress fracture to the fourth metatarsal of his left foot. Early indications are that his recovery will take three to four weeks."
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is due to name his World Cup squad on May 8 and must submit it to FIFA by May 15, leaving the Spurs skipper with a race against time to be fit.
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