I earned just £400 a week playing in the Premier League.. now I’m set to captain my country and win 86th cap
BEN DAVIES has come a long way since he signed his first professional contract with Swansea — worth just £400 per week.
The Tottenham defender will wear the armband for Wales tomorrow as they bid to clinch a place at Euro 2024.
AlamyDavies will captain Wales tomorrow[/caption]
And on the eve of the clash in Cardiff, he confirmed a SunSport story about his meagre wage packet back in 2012 was spot on.
He told the Gab and Juls Show: “My first contract was a very little bit more than my youth team contract.
“It was £400 a week for playing in the Premier League. The Sun did a bit on their Goals pull-out — the front page of it.
“There was a picture of me with City’s Yaya Toure and our salaries — £400 a week against £240,000 a week.
“I was getting messages on Twitter from plumbers saying ‘come and work for me for a week’. But looking back it was probably a good thing.”
Davies, who has played at two Euros and the 2022 World Cup, will win his 86th Wales cap against Poland with a place in Germany up for grabs.
He made his Swansea debut against West Ham as an 84th- minute substitute for Neil Taylor back in August 2012.
The left-back went on to become a regular for the Prem side and also won the Carabao Cup in 2013 with the Swans.
GoalsThe Sun revealed how the defender earned just £400-a-week back in 2012[/caption]
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Davies, 30, then joined Spurs in the summer of 2014 and has made 329 appearances for the North Londoners.
He has been a favourite under Mauricio Pochettino, Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte and now Ange Postecoglou.
Davies, who hopes to have his Uefa coaching A Licence within the next month and finish his Pro Licence before he finishes playing, is now Tottenham’s longest-serving player.
