Ben Davies has had his Tottenham Hotspur contract extended through the upcoming 2025-26 Premier League season, but that might not mean he won’t be switching clubs this summer. According to Sky Sports, Wrexham are still interested in bringing the Spurs CB and Wales international back “home”.
We wrote on the Wrexham rumors last month when a dubious source said that Wrexham were hoping to bring Davies in on a free transfer. The Sky report seems to corroborate that past article, but I honestly thought that Spurs triggering Davies’ contract extension made it essentially a done deal that they were keeping him.
And they might yet still do that, only that Sky is now saying that Rob and Ryan haven’t been put off by the idea of paying a small transfer fee to bring Davies to the Championship. The implication is that Tottenham may not want to let Davies go until (unless?) they bring in more defensive options this summer. With Thomas Frank joining the club imminently, one expects that the transfer rumors and activity will kick into full gear when the second window opens up on June 16.
I don’t think the idea of Davies heading down a division and playing for international television darlings Wrexham is a bad idea. In fact, for Wrexham it might be a very good idea. Davies is a consummate professional and would probably still cook in the Championship, and honestly Wrexham probably needs all the help it can get to consolidate its status as a second division club. I don’t hate the idea at all. But if they’re going to do that they’ll now need to negotiate with Spurs, not just with Ben Davies.
I don’t know about you but I’d love to be a fly on the wall in the meeting between Ryan Reynolds and Daniel Levy.