Tottenham defender Ben Davies admits he's preparing for a coaching career.

Davies says he's taking his UEFA badges while he continues to play.

He told The Gab & Juls Show: "Obviously the older I've got in the game you have to start thinking about that kind of thing, but I'm one of those guys who likes to plan for all eventualities. I'm doing my coaching badges, I'll hopefully have my A licence within the next month or so. I'd like to finish my pro licence before I finish playing," said the defender.

"That would be the ideal goal because I think it would be a nice transition to go straight into coaching instead of being that guy who has no qualifications. You then have to take two or three years out just to get the qualifications and then ultimately you're on the outside of football trying to find your way back in.

"Whereas I feel I'm in a good position now. I want to play for as long as I can, but it's always in the back of my mind that you see some players now that was they're getting older they go to play for a club with an eye on turning into a coach in a year's time or working with different managers to try to go down that route.

"I think that's a route I'd like to go down first. As I've got older you have to look at what all of these managers are doing and take notes. You see what works and what doesn't work and then you formulate your own ideas. That's the route I want to go down. When I was injured all the boys were in Dubai, I was doing my rehab and post-session I went to watch the U13s at Spurs' academy and I'm on the side and even watching that level you can feel there's an intensity to it.

"There's the joy in realising you can speak to these kids and they hang on your every word and they will listen. You can actually give them some advice. Who knows? They might think I was talking nonsense, but giving them some advice that might help them in their game. So that was my weekend, watching them, and then that's my first hope."