"This Club means a lot to me to," Ben smiled as he began to reflect on his Spurs career to date.

It has now been eight and a half years since Ben walked through our doors at Hotspur Way for the first time way back in July, 2014.

One of the players selected by Mauricio Pochettino that summer to form part of his revolution at the Club, Ben was just a young man who had barely been outside of south Wales when he made the move to north London at 21. Now 29, he is an experienced head in our dressing room and Tottenham Hotspur to him is much more than a Club - it is his home.

“To come and sign for Spurs was basically an opportunity that I couldn't turn down and I was still a young kid that had never really been outside south Wales, where I grew up," he admitted.

"It's one of those opportunities you take and you hope for the best but it's not easy to stay at a club like this for a long time.

"And this has been my home for the last eight-and-a-half years."

While the place has become his home, he has certainly made an impact during his time in N17

He has had to battle for his place during spells, most notably against Danny Rose as we came close to taking the Premier League crown in both 2015/16 and 2016/17, but he has since made a place of his own in our team, becoming an integral part of our starting XI under Antonio Conte.

Antonio picked out Ben's aptitude to take up a place at the left side of our defensive three while, in recent weeks, the Welshman has also come to the fore when he has been required to slot in at wing-back.

Now, the Wales international has notched the landmark appearance of number 300, doing so in our 2-0 win over Chelsea in February. And by reaching that milestone, he is just one of 49 players in our history to do that - it is quite some achievement by the man from Neath.

"To make 300 appearances for the Club is something that no one will ever be able to take away from me," he beamed. "It's that feeling of pride that I’ve given a lot to this Club and I feel like I want to keep doing it and I've enjoyed every moment of it.

“I got sent the list of names of players that have made over 300 appearances and, to be honest, to even be mentioned anywhere near those names with some of the players that are on there. It is quite incredible really.

"It is something I never dreamed of and something I'm incredibly proud of. To have boys like Hugo (Lloris) and Harry (Kane) and I think we've got Eric (Dier) and Sonny (Heung-Min Son) on there too that are still with us now. It really is something that makes me very proud.”