Jan Vertonghen plans to agree a new contract and stay at Tottenham Hotspur next season.

The defender has one year left on his deal but the club have the option to extend it by two more seasons. Talks over a new contract broke down last summer and the Belgian, who earns about £35,000 a week, was linked with a move to Napoli in Italy.

“I think I’ll stay,” he said today. “That’s one of those typical rumours doing the rounds every summer. There’s no way I’m leaving.”

Tottenham moved to shore up a defence that was the joint-fifth worst in the league this season by signing Kevin Wimmer from Cologne last week. He will compete with Vertonghen and Eric Dier for a starting spot. There