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3 hours ago
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'We've got the best Brennan at the moment'
Wales captain Ben Davies has waxed lyrical about Tottenham Hotspur winger Brennan Johnson's form this season and how it could translate to the national team as well. Wales are set to host Liechtenstein in a World Cup qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium on Friday and will be hoping Johnson can come up with the goals to ensure a victory. Advertisement The winger was instrumental in Spurs beating Manchester United in the Europa League final as he scored the winner. "We had a couple of days celebrating, but you keep going on that merry-go-round and the next game seems to come up," Davies said. "Brennan has shown this year that he's a top, top player and proven a lot of people wrong. "We've got full confidence in him in this Wales squad, that he can replicate his form at the club, here. We love having him around the place, and I feel we've got the best Brennan at the moment."
BBC News
3 hours ago
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- BBC News
'We've got the best Brennan at the moment'
Wales captain Ben Davies has waxed lyrical about Tottenham Hotspur winger Brennan Johnson's form this season and how it could translate to the national team as well. Wales are set to host Liechtenstein in a World Cup qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium on Friday and will be hoping Johnson can come up with the goals to ensure a winger was instrumental in Spurs beating Manchester United in the Europa League final as he scored the winner."We had a couple of days celebrating, but you keep going on that merry-go-round and the next game seems to come up," Davies said. "Brennan has shown this year that he's a top, top player and proven a lot of people wrong."We've got full confidence in him in this Wales squad, that he can replicate his form at the club, here. We love having him around the place, and I feel we've got the best Brennan at the moment."
BBC News
16 hours ago
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Johnson proving doubters wrong at Spurs
Wales forward Brennan Johnson has "proved people wrong" with his performances for Tottenham, says club and country teammate Ben Davies. Johnson capped an impressive season by scoring the Europa League final winner against Manchester United last month to earn Spurs their first trophy since goal was Johnson's 20th of the campaign for club and country, a goal-scoring tally which Davies says is a fitting riposte to criticism the forward received in the early stages of his Spurs career following a £45m move from Nottingham Forest."Brennan's shown this year that he's a top, top player and proven a lot of people wrong," said Davies, who's preparing for Wales' June World Cup qualifiers. Johnson struggled for consistency when he first moved to north London, scoring just five goals for Spurs in 2023-24, prompting criticism from fans on social media that even led the player to deactivate his Instagram Davies believes the 24-year-old's form in 2024-25 - which included scoring in seven successive games for club and country at one point - proves he does have the calibre to thrive at Spurs. Similarly, Davies believes Johnson can re-produce his club form on the international stage, having scored just five Wales goals since making his senior debut in 2020, and struggled at times to live up to predictions he could become the country's key player following Gareth Bale's retirement. "I hope so," said Davies when asked if Wales fans will now see the best of Johnson in a red shirt. "We've got full confidence in him in this Wales squad that he can replicate his form from his club here."He works hard, he trains hard, we love having him round the place, and I feel like we've got the best Brennan we can at the moment."Davies, who along with Johnson is preparing for Wales' World Cup qualifiers against Liechtenstein on 6 June and Belgium three days later, says there's "no update" on his future at Spurs with his current contract expiring at the end of 32-year-old played a prominent role in Spurs' run to the Europa League final, but he was an unused substitute in Bilbao as Johnson stole the limelight to end Spurs' 17-year wait for a trophy. "It was obviously a great feeling (to win the trophy)," said Davies. "It's always a huge honour to win anything, but it's a tournament I played a lot of games in and it was really nice to get over the line."We had a couple of days celebrating before we had another (Premier League) game. But that's football - you just keep going on that merry-go-round."
Wales Online
18 hours ago
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- Wales Online
Tottenham star Ben Davies quizzed on future amid Wrexham links
Tottenham star Ben Davies quizzed on future amid Wrexham links The Tottenham centre-back has a contract ending this summer, with Ange Postecoglou's side having the option to extend for another year if they choose Ben Davies of Wales (Image: Getty Images ) Wales captain Ben Davies has his full focus on the international camp, with his future in London still not resolved. The Tottenham centre-back has a contract ending this summer, with Ange Postecoglou's side having the option to extend for another year if they choose. Recently-promoted Championship side Wrexham have been linked with an ambitious move for the decorated Wales star in recent weeks. However, speaking about his future, the Welshman said: 'I don't think there is anything to update to be honest, I don't think I am going to be the person who is making any of those decisions, so as far as I'm concerned, it's full focus here this week." Davies complimented his fellow countryman and Spurs team-mate Brennan Johnson after his club season ended with the winning goal in the Europa League final in Bilbao. He said: 'Brennan has shown this year that he is a top player and has proven a lot of people wrong. 'We've got full confidence in this Wales squad that he can replicate his form from the club here, he works hard, trains hard, we love having him around the place and I feel we have the best Brennan we can at the moment.' Article continues below The 32-year-old commented on how hard it is for footballers to move on to the next challenge, after such a special night in Spain for Spurs. '[It's] Not difficult at all. I love being here. It's a great team with great staff; we have a great time every time we come here and can't wait to play tomorrow night," he said. Wales face Lichtenstein tomorrow with an 8pm kick off at the Cardiff City Stadium. Davies also revealed the mindset of the Welsh camp is all on tomorrow's game, with the clash against Belgium on Monday being kept for later. 'We have to go into every game trying to pick up maximum points. Our focus is fully on the Lichtenstein game, we haven't even discussed that we have a second game coming up. 'We know we are at home, and we are probably going to have a lot of possession but sometimes these games sometimes don't go as straight forward as you want them to, so we have got to make sure we are focused, at our best and but a good performance in.' Article continues below Craig Bellamy's side face Belgium on Monday in Brussels as the second game of the June set of World Cup qualifier fixtures.
Powys County Times
3 days ago
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- Powys County Times
Kerry Reserves seal league title and look ahead to promotion
KERRY Reserves clinched the JT Hughes Montgomeryshire League title with an 8-0 thrashing of derby rivals Abermule Reserves on Friday night. Ben Davies led the rout with a hat-trick with goals from Jack Carroll, Daryl McWatt, Rhys Humphreys, Cenwyn Bloor-Jones and Liam Williams ensuring the trophy for the Lambs and a miserable end of season for the 10 man hosts. Manager Aaron Leary said: "It's been a great season overall, the lads have gave it their all this season and to win the double is a fantastic achievement. "They're a great bunch of lads and I couldn't be more proud of them, they've made my first season back into management really easy. "Also credit to Forden Reserves for pushing us all the way. "I got pretty nervous that last couple of weeks with the results they were getting but good to see two young squads doing so well in the league. "We'll take a break now for a month or so, hopefully bring in a couple of new faces and then back to it to prepare for a bigger challenge in tier four next season."
