BEN DAVIES has signed a new one-year deal at managerless Tottenham.
The star, 32, is the club’s longest serving senior player after joining from Swansea in the summer of 2014.
And, just two days after was sacked, Davies will extend his stay in north London to 12 years after Spurs triggered the option on his contract.
revealed earlier this year that Spurs intended to take up the 12-month option on the defender’s deal.
A club statement read: “We are delighted to announce that we have exercised the option to extend Ben Davies’ contract, which will now run until the summer of 2026.
“Now our longest-serving senior player, Ben joined us from Swansea City in the summer of 2014 and has been a constant, reliable presence in our squad ever since.
“He’s currently up to 358 appearances in all competitions, level with the great Darren Anderton – making him one of only 29 players in history to have played 350 or more games for us.
“With 73 games under his belt in Europe, he’s just three off the record for the highest number of European appearances in our history.
“Over the course of his 11 years here to date, Ben has scored nine goals and led the team out as captain on 13 occasions.”;
Davies has largely been a back-up centre-back in recent years.
But he still made 17 appearances this season and 28 in total as he won his first piece of silverware for the club by helping them lift the last month.
Postecoglou hailed Davies as one of the club’s best trainers during the Aussie’s first campaign at the club, underlining the defender’s professionalism.
Brentford’s is the front-runner to take the job, while Fulham’s is still in the mix.
