{"id":13448,"date":"2022-03-28T15:02:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T19:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/28\/ben-davies-injury-update-provided-ahead-of-tottenham-vs-newcastle\/"},"modified":"2022-03-28T15:02:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T19:02:50","slug":"ben-davies-injury-update-provided-ahead-of-tottenham-vs-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/28\/ben-davies-injury-update-provided-ahead-of-tottenham-vs-newcastle\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Davies injury update provided ahead of Tottenham vs Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wales national team boss Robert Page has, on Monday evening, provided an update on the fitness of Tottenham defender Ben Davies.<\/p>\n<p>For those not aware, Davies departed the Welsh camp on Sunday, ahead of the nation\u2019s friendly meeting with the Czech Republic tomorrow evening.<\/p>\n<p>After playing the full 90 minutes, and even chipping in with an assist in the Dragons\u2019 World Cup playoff downing of Austria, alarm bells surrounding a potential injury concern were, in turn, set ringing back on the Lilywhite half of north London.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a pre-match press conference on Monday, the aforementioned Robert Page was therefore inevitably asked for an insight into the reasons behind Davies\u2019 return to Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>Wales\u2019 boss, though, was quick to assure that the decision came simply as a \u2018precaution\u2019, in a bid to \u2018show respect back\u2019 to those in a position of power at Spurs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rob Page on Ben Davies \u201cHe has had a lot of football in his legs, and it\u2019s not so much an injury but a precaution. If we keep pushing him then he will break down and I think we owe [it] to Tottenham. They\u2019ve been great with us, and it\u2019s time to show that respect back.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COYS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COYS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WAL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WAL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Dinnery (@BenDinnery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenDinnery\/status\/1508489284638199815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Magpies next up<\/h2>\n<p>Davies, as a result, appears altogether likely to be fit and available to feature in Tottenham\u2019s next outing.<\/p>\n<p>Antonio Conte\u2019s men are set to make their post-international break return to action this coming weekend, in a Premier League meeting with Newcastle United at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The clash, as will prove the case with each and every one of their outings over the closing weeks of the campaign, marks an absolutely crucial one, amid the Lilywhites\u2019 ongoing pursuit of a top-4 berth.<\/p>\n<p>As things stand, Spurs sit 5th in the English top-flight, three points adrift of north London rivals Arsenal, who also boast a game in hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/southampton-crystal-palace-eyeing-summer-swoop-for-tottenham-midfielder\/\">Southampton &amp; Crystal Palace eyeing summer swoop for Tottenham midfielder<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/tottenham-make-offer-for-barcelona-forward\/\">Tottenham make offer for Barcelona forward<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Wales national team boss Robert Page has, on Monday evening, provided an update on the fitness of Tottenham defender Ben Davies. For those not aware, Davies departed the Welsh camp on Sunday, ahead of the nation\u2019s friendly meeting with the Czech Republic tomorrow evening. After playing the full 90 minutes, and even chipping in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-13448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}