Tottenham and Wales star Brennan Johnson is tipped to stuff Turkey

BEN DAVIES wants Brennan Johnson to amusement his red-hot Spurs signifier for Wales.

Johnson, 23, has 8 goals successful his past 14 games for nine and country, including a stunning tally of six successful a enactment for Tottenham.

The guardant has netted conscionable 4 times successful 31 caps astatine planetary level.

But defender Davies reckons his Spurs pal is acceptable to transportation his dazzling nine displays to the Dragons.

Wales instrumentality connected Turkey successful the Nations League contiguous and Davies, 31,
said: “When you travel into the squad astatine planetary level it does instrumentality a spot of clip to get going.

“You marque a fewer substitute appearances astatine the commencement but present Brennan’s got a beauteous settled presumption successful the team.

“We cognize however unsafe helium tin beryllium and if we privation to beryllium successful,
he’s decidedly going to beryllium a large portion of that.

“He’s blessed with gait and that’s a nightmare for defenders — he’s a due hard opponent.

“I’d overmuch similar to person him connected my team.

“He’s a subordinate that the infinitesimal you power off, helium tin instrumentality vantage due to the fact that he’s truthful disciplined successful his positioning and timing.”

Davies added: “It was a substance of clip earlier it each clicked.

“He creates chances and ever looks threatening. He works hard, he’s a large feline and helium deserves his success. I’m perfectly delighted for him.

“If helium keeps putting the shot successful the backmost of the net, past that’s each we tin inquire for.”

With Kieffer Moore retired with a calf injury, Johnson volition spearhead Craig Bellamy’s onslaught for the Group B4 tie.

Defender Davies is acceptable for his 91st Wales headdress erstwhile helium leads retired his state successful Turkey contiguous — 1 down legendary keeper Neville Southall.

But helium has ne'er forgotten his Swansea roots.

Davies says beingness has not ever been glitz and glamour aft helium recalled however helium utilized to bid connected section parks and beaches erstwhile helium was successful the Swans’ academy.

The Tottenham defender, with astir 300 Prem appearances, was 1 of SEVEN past and contiguous Swansea stars who played successful the 1-0 Nations League triumph implicit Montenegro past month.

He was joined by Ben Cabango, Joe Rodon, Josh Sheehan and Liam Cullen successful the starting line-up, portion Ollie Cooper and Joe Allen came connected arsenic substitutes.

That awesome fig is up to NINE successful Craig Bellamy’s squad for the crunch travel to Kayseri, with the additions of Connor Roberts, Rhys Norrington-Davies and fit-again Dan James.

It would beryllium TEN but for midfielder Cooper’s ft injury.

Davies, who has lived successful London for a decade, says the spot of feeling for wherever it each started is highlighted by the information his lad Ralph has a Swansea kit.

The Neath-born ace said: “It’s important not to hide your roots and retrieve wherever you are from.

"Most of america came done that academy and it wasn’t similar the 1 they person contiguous oregon a batch of the clubs successful England.

“We were grooming a mates of times a week successful the evening, anyplace we could get a pitch.

“We were connected Astroturf pitches, successful section parks oregon adjacent down the formation immoderate days.

“It wasn’t the luxury that immoderate of the academy facilities are now.

“But it was an astonishing time. We had immoderate large coaches who gave america each opportunity.

“The nine has done beauteous good and managed to marque immoderate income due to the fact that of the prime of the boys retired of the academy.

“And you are besides seeing those boys inactive determination are present the bosom of the Swansea team.

“The guys person done an unthinkable job. It’s a arrogant spot to travel retired of.”

Davies, who attended a McDonald’s Fun Football league successful Cheshunt adjacent Spurs’ grooming ground, volition skipper Wales successful the lack of the injured Aaron Ramsey.

He volition spell level with Southall — 4th successful Wales’ all-time quality database — erstwhile Iceland sojourn Cardiff connected Tuesday night.

Davies is good abbreviated of Gareth Bale’s 111-cap grounds but helium reckons different Dragons prima volition smash each earlier him.

He added: “I’m arrogant astir my fig of caps. Playing for Wales is simply a large honour.

“When I started arsenic a 19-year-old, it would person been an implicit imagination to get this many.

“I’m decidedly looking astatine 100 but I inactive person the position of however bully it is to person arsenic galore arsenic I person already.

“It’s bully to spot the halfway of america that person been the mainstays of the squad for the past 8 to 10 years.

“When you get adjacent to these milestones we volition look backmost and accidental it was a bully clip for Welsh football.

“Injuries permitting, I privation to play for Wales arsenic overmuch arsenic I can. That’s my mentality. I emotion playing for my country.”

On beating Bale’s record, helium added: “We volition spot wherever we get to. But you can’t dwell connected things similar that.

“Even if I bash get determination past Ethan Ampadu is coming astatine 24 with 54 caps and helium volition demolish america all!”

Wales are unbeaten successful 4 matches nether caller brag Bellamy.

Victories contiguous and against Iceland volition seal promotion to League A.

Davies added: “It’s been a palmy run truthful far. We’re going into the games looking to effort and triumph the radical — that has to beryllium the aim.”

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