‘A terrific player’ – Ben Davies is delighted to see Spurs man thriving out on loan
Ben Davies is over the moon that Joe Rodon is demonstrating his qualities at Leeds United this season. Rodon was seen by many as one of the best young defenders in English football when he arrived at Tottenham back in 2020 but he never quite managed to get a consistent run in the side during […]
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Ben Davies is over the moon that Joe Rodon is demonstrating his qualities at Leeds United this season.
Rodon was seen by many as one of the best young defenders in English football when he arrived at Tottenham back in 2020 but he never quite managed to get a consistent run in the side during his time in North London.
The Welshman also did not set the world alight during his loan spell at Rennes last season, having struggled for game time during the second half of the campaign.
However, things appear to have clicked at Elland Road for the 26-year-old, who has made himself an indispensable part of Leeds’ backline.
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Davies, who has played alongside Rodon quite a lot for Wales, is not surprised that the former Swansea man is thriving with Daniel Farke’s side this season.
When asked about his international teammate, the 29-year-old said (via Football.London): “It is difficult. Sometimes people forget how challenging it is going somewhere and then you have to move every nine months to a new place, but I think he really seems to have found himself a home at Leeds.
“Joe is a terrific player. Every time I play with him with Wales he is very solid, good on the ball and I think we have a good understanding. To see him have success at Leeds, it really does make me happy.
“Joe is one of my best mates in football, so we speak all the time. He is the type of player that, when he is at somewhere he is feeling valued and he is getting a good run of games, he is a really, really good defender and I think he is showing that right now.”
Rodon’s decision to drop down to the Championship might have surprised a few in the summer but Davies suggested that it was the perfect opportunity for the defender to get his career back on track.
The left-back added: “I think it was a great opportunity to go there, he knew he was going to go there and play a lot of football and play at a massive club with ambitions of going back to the Premier League. He has started so well and he is enjoying it there.”
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Davies seems to be alluding to the fact that Rodon is a confidence player who needs an arm around the shoulder and the manager’s backing to be able to perform at his best. That perhaps explains why he plays so well for Wales and that sort of backing is something he never got at Spurs.
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