Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Ben Davies won his 100th Wales cap last October
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Former captain Gary Mabbutt hopes Ben Davies will have a future at Tottenham Hotspur after the club avoided relegation to the Championship.
Wales skipper Davies, who turned 33 last month, sees his Tottenham contract expire next month.
The defender has not played since suffering a serious ankle injury in January, but Mabbutt believes he should be offered the chance to stay at a club he has represented for 12 years.
"Ben's a great lad," said Spurs great Mabbutt.
"What he has given to the club so far… it was just so unfortunate the injury he received. It was devastating for him and or us because Ben's a player you can always rely on.
"Certainly I hope something will be done with his contract, whether it be still on the playing side or maybe looking a bit more to the future, but hopefully still with Tottenham Hotspur."
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Davies has made more than 350 appearances for Tottenham since joining from Swansea City.
Last summer, Tottenham triggered a one-year extension in Davies' contract to keep him at the club for the 2025-26 campaign, but there has been no word yet on whether he will be at the club next season.
Spurs have been heavily linked with a move for Scotland left-back Andy Robertson, who is a free agent having made his final appearance for Liverpool on Sunday.
Mabbutt, an FA Cup and Uefa Cup winner during his time at Tottenham, says the club must do significant business in the transfer market this summer having preserved their Premier League status on the final day of the season courtesy of victory over Everton.
"We have to bring in, I would say, a number of big players to change the squad," he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.
"We need to change the level we are at. The ambition of the club is incredible and yet it's not been reflected in the way things have happened in the last couple of seasons. A lot of work has to be done."
