Tottenham defender Ben Davies insists they will stand with Arsenal captain Granit Xhaka and every other player who suffers at the hands of the boo-boys.

The Spurs left-back admits life can be tough for footballers given the scrutiny they are under.

Davies said: “I spoke to a ­psychologist we had at Wales and he said that footballers are really in a ­melting pot of anxiety when ­their performance is critiqued by ­millions of people every game.

“It's not like if you work in a shop that your performance will get judged by millions.

“It's a stressful environment. I get it if players get down and if players have evenings when they are ­struggling. That is normal and it's something that needs to be spoken about more. All you can do if it's your team-mate is try to help.

“Football is a game of very proud men. Some people don't want to admit that they might be finding it tough. As a team and within our group, we have a good bunch of players, people who are close to one another, who can try to help one another out.

“Across football, nobody wants to see players getting booed. I can understand if these things happen, it's part and parcel of the game. But as far as someone like Xhaka is concerned, when you read he is struggling or maybe needed counselling, nobody wants to see that.

“Rivalries aside, if we could help him out we would."