Because he's regarded as a solid young LB.
He's Ben Davies.
Played successfully in the Premier League for Swansea City having won his place at a very young age.
Lots of people have spoken highly of him.
You've not been reading the headlines much, and anyway I don't like the implication that we can't sign a back-up player if he's not 'been in the healines' like some kind of superstar.
Exactly...if a LB is making the headlines, is most often because he's involved in a sham marriage in order to quash rumours about his sexuality. Allegedly.