Tottenham defender Ben Davies has emerged as a leading option to become interim player-manager. <\/strong><\/p>\n Following the sacking of Spurs’ manager for the second time this season, the Telegraph reports that Spurs bosses are considering the veteran Welshman as one of a list of seven candidates to lead the club through a relegation battle.<\/p>\n Tottenham currently sit in 17th place, one point out of the relegation zone, and are the only team in the Premier League without a win in 2026.<\/p>\n The club are without a win in 13 league games and the board could reportedly accept a new short-term appointment if manager Roberto De Zerbi cannot be persuaded to join immediately.<\/p>\n The idea of \u200b\u200ba current player taking the reins in a relegation battle is unusual, but Davies is uniquely preparing for the transition.<\/p>\n The 32-year-old, who has been a fixture at the club since 2014, has been quietly preparing for a career in the dugout over the years.<\/p>\n In March 2024, Davies was officially awarded his UEFA A License and Elite Youth A License after balancing his coaching and playing duties at the Tottenham Hotspur Academy.<\/p>\n Despite currently being sidelined with a broken ankle in January, Davies remains the longest-serving player in the squad and is seen as a unifying figure who understands the club.<\/p>\n If Davies is appointed, he will join an elite list of players who have both played and managed in the Premier League.<\/p>\n Famous examples include Sir Kenny Dalglish, who is famous for leading Liverpool to double titles as player-manager, and Ryan Giggs, who continued to play despite being appointed interim manager of Manchester United in 2014.<\/p>\n But the stakes are probably higher for Davies than for anyone else, with Premier League survival at stake.<\/p>\n With Spurs facing their lowest points record since 1915, the board is also considering experienced ‘firefighters’ such as Sean Dyche and former managers Harry Redknapp and Glenn Hoddle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tottenham defender Ben Davies has emerged as a leading option to become interim player-manager. Following the sacking of Spurs’ manager for the second time this season, the Telegraph reports that Spurs bosses are considering the veteran Welshman as one of a list of seven candidates to lead the club through a relegation battle. Tottenham currently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-45136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tottenham defender Ben Davies considered for interim role<\/h2>\n