Somerset Spurs
Phil Ifil
No, but perhaps he's OK with being left out of champions league squad and will be a rotation option for domestic cups and league.
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Ben Davies
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Bedfordspurs
Graham Roberts
Thought that had been changed by UEFA
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It was changed 3 years ago
Tottenham handed huge Champions League boost after rule change
Tottenham have been handed an administrative boost after UEFA changed their position on Welsh players who trained at clubs affiliated with the English league system - meaning defender Ben Davies will now count as 'homegrown' in Europe.
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metalgear
Colin Calderwood
De Bruyne to the rescue as Belgium hold off gallant Welsh fightback
Kevin De Bruyne came to Belgium's rescue with a winner two minutes from time as they scraped a 4-3 home victory over Wales in their World Cup qualifier on Monday after seeing their early lead evaporate as the visitors launched an unlikely fightback.
www.thestandard.com.hk
watch that last goal - was ben davies too slow to get to the cross that led to belgiums win? practically jogging there instead of sprinting
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
De Bruyne to the rescue as Belgium hold off gallant Welsh fightback
Kevin De Bruyne came to Belgium's rescue with a winner two minutes from time as they scraped a 4-3 home victory over Wales in their World Cup qualifier on Monday after seeing their early lead evaporate as the visitors launched an unlikely fightback.
watch that last goal - was ben davies too slow to get to the cross that led to belgiums win? practically jogging there instead of sprinting
Pointless end of season friendly. Why put your body on the line?
DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
His extension just gives me a feeling that we're going to be trying three at the back a lot more next season.
He's probably the 6th-choice CB and 3rd-choice LB now, which means almost zero playing time in a 4-at-the-back system.
But if we're playing 3 CBs and 2 wing-backs, that changes - he'll see a little more time at CB given the need to regularly swap out the 3, and the wing backs will need more frequent replacements given the physical effort of covering the wing by themselves.
Of course, an ambitious club would have let him go and bought a better player to fill that role, but, well, y'know. So I think this is a real possibility and explains why we kept Ben for another year.
He's probably the 6th-choice CB and 3rd-choice LB now, which means almost zero playing time in a 4-at-the-back system.
But if we're playing 3 CBs and 2 wing-backs, that changes - he'll see a little more time at CB given the need to regularly swap out the 3, and the wing backs will need more frequent replacements given the physical effort of covering the wing by themselves.
Of course, an ambitious club would have let him go and bought a better player to fill that role, but, well, y'know. So I think this is a real possibility and explains why we kept Ben for another year.
metalgear
Colin Calderwood
agree except i don't buy that bit about loyal servant - if we could sell him we would.
SteveAWOL
Les Howe
Tottenham defender Ben Davies discusses the futures of himself and team-mate Heung-min Son
Ben Davies praised team-mate and close friend Heung-Min Son for staying "professional" despite the speculation around his future.
hayters.com
Gilzeantoscore
Simon Davies
And then there was one!
Muttley
Sergei Rebrov
Have to hand it to Ben.
Danny Rose's backup has done amazingly well to be last man standing.
Or could we see yet another announcement this summer?
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Les Medley
Staying at a club for over 6/7 as an adult seems to be rare these days but great to see IMO. Remember Ron Henry playing on in the reserves after being in the first team for years.
Muttley
Sergei Rebrov
Didn't Bunje do the same after he lost his 1st team spot?
DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
It's super rare - probably the rarest thing in football next to one-club men. To stay at a club for the length of time Ben has (11 years at this point), not only do you have to show that you have the quality for it, but you also have to be adaptable (since your role will inevitably change during that time), humble and professional.
There's also an element of circumstance, of course - for example, Davies is a mainstay for Wales despite not playing all that regularly for us. If your country keeps picking you despite not playing often for your club, it's easier to make the decision to stay.
But still, it's an accomplishment by itself, and is a testament to his versatility, mindset and humility. I personally still think he'll be moved on once we get a backup to Destiny, but he will leave with our gratitude, imo.
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Les Medley
Sorry I can't think who Bunje is?
Goran Bunjevcevic
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Les Medley
I don't think they are the same Ron had 14 years as a senior player before playing in reserves for a couple of years then coaching the youth team, Bunjevcevic was only with us about 4 years.
Muttley
Sergei Rebrov
That's fair. Bunje was 5 years and 51 appearances.
I just remember articles how great he was with the youngsters after stepping down to the reserves which assumedly had more older players in it at the start of the millennium. What surprised me was that he actually died at 45 years old. I'm not sure I knew that.