Ben Davies says Tottenham have a £15m player who’s almost as fast as Micky van de Ven

For all their flaws, Tottenham Hotspur do have some seriously quick players in their squad.

Indeed, Pedro Porro, Brennan Johnson and Wilson Odobert are all speedsters, and while he’s slowed down recently, Heung-Min Son was one of the fastest players around at one point.

However, the speed king at Tottenham in recent times has undoubtedly been Micky van de Ven.

Van de Ven has been hailed for his speed on a number of occasions, while he’s even broken some records for his pace too.

Speaking to UEFA, Ben Davies has been asked to name who is the fastest player at Tottenham, and, there are no prizes for guessing who he picked.

Davies, inevitably, said Van de Ven was the fastest player at Spurs, but, interestingly, he also noted that Spurs have another player who’d give him a run for his money.

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Djed Spence is almost as fast as Micky van de Ven

Davies was asked to name which Tottenham player would win a race over 100m out of the entire squad.

Unsurprisingly, Davies chose Van de Ven as the winner here, but he did note that Djed Spence wouldn’t be too far behind, claiming that the £15m man is really quick as well.

“Who’s most likely to win a 100m race?” Davies was asked.

“It’s Micky van de Ven or probably Djed Spence wouldn’t be too far behind. I think between those two would be my bets on that one,” Davies said.

Djed Spence top speed compared to Micky van de Ven

Davies says that Spence is one of the fastest players at Tottenham, noting that he’s up there with Van de Ven but the numbers don’t quite back that up.

Indeed, based on stats from the Europa League this season, Van de Ven is way quicker than Spence.

That isn’t to say Spence is slow, he’s still absolutely rapid, but Van de Ven’s pace is just on another level.

Unfortunately, being so fast does have its downsides, Van de Ven has had injury issues for the past two years, and his hamstrings really aren’t holding up too well.

Fingers crossed Van de Ven’s injury problems will clear up going forwards, because, when he’s fit and firing, he’s an incredible defender.

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