5 Tottenham Hotspur players who remain underrated by fans

#5 Ben Davies

Ben Davies has worked hard to keep Danny Rose out of Tottenham's starting line-up

Last summer, Tottenham’s first-choice left-back Danny Rose gave an inflammatory interview in which he hinted at a wish to move away from Spurs in order to win trophies – and probably earn more money, too. Despite spending the end of 2016/17 out with a knee injury, Rose was expected to come back into the Tottenham first team as soon as he was fully fit this season.

Instead, it appears he’s been supplanted by one of Tottenham’s most underrated players – Welshman Ben Davies. Until the end of last season, Davies had largely played second fiddle to Rose, but when the England international picked up his injury, he pounced and hasn’t looked back since.

The fascinating thing is that during this season, Davies has been involved in 7 Premier League goals – scoring 2 and assisting in 5. That’s as many as Rose’s best effort in 2014/15, and in 4 fewer games, too. And more importantly, Davies has been almost as defensively solid too – his stats in tackles, interceptions, blocks and clearances all compare similarly to those of Rose in his last full season.

And yet Davies still feels like a temporary replacement for Tottenham while Rose regains fitness, despite arguably performing just as well as Rose ever has for Spurs. That’s why he’s so underrated – everyone figures he’ll slip away from the starting line-up any time now and yet it hasn’t happened yet – it’s a testament to his hard work and under-the-radar talent.