Tottenham midfielder Scott Parker has claimed his five months in the treatment room last year were a blessing in disguise, as his body needed time to recover from the battering it has taken in recent seasons.

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Parker's fitness issues began to catch up with him long before he put his body on the line to play for England at Euro 2012 last summer and the 32-year-old midfielder has conceded the break he was forced to endure may work in his ...

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