Tottenham Hotspur have given Ben Davies a new one-year contract, keeping the defender at the club after he had been due to leave on a free transfer at the end of June. The deal means Davies, 33, will stay at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium ahead of the 2026/27 campaign.
The timing matters because Davies had gone into the summer with his future in doubt, yet Tottenham have still moved to keep one of their longest-serving players. He has been at the club since arriving from Swansea City in 2014 and has made 363 appearances, a run that now stretches into another season after this extension.
Davies' new deal also comes after a campaign wrecked by injury. He played only five times in the 2025/26 season and missed the final 22 matches after suffering a horrific ankle problem in a 2-1 defeat against West Ham in mid-January. That setback required two surgeries, and he had also already missed more than a month earlier in the season with a hamstring problem.
For Davies, the contract is a reward for staying close to the group when he could not help on the pitch. He said Tottenham “really feels like home” and that the club had been a huge part of his football journey, adding that when injury kept him out he tried to contribute in the dressing room and around the squad as much as he could. He also said his “heart's on my sleeve” for the club and promised to give everything for it.
There was also a belief inside the club that his value did not vanish when he was out of action. Roberto De Zerbi named Davies as one of the players who helped Tottenham remain in the Premier League at the end of last season, saying he came to the Lodge with the team before the Everton match. That kind of backing helps explain why the club were willing to wait, even after fears that his Tottenham career might have been over.
The open question is whether Davies will be ready for the start of the new season. Tottenham have secured his future for now, but after two surgeries and a lost run of 22 matches, the more immediate test is whether he can get back on the field and give the club more than the voice they relied on when he could not play.
