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Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has told Jan Vertonghen he will not be sold to Barcelona this summer.

Levy wants to tie the 27-year-old to an improved £60,000-a-week contract as the defender has just two years left on his current deal.

Vertonghen had his contribution to the Londoners' cause questioned by fans and former boss Tim Sherwood last season.

Spurs' new head coach Mauricio Pochettino, however, sees the Belgian as an important part of his first-team plans.

Meanwhile, Ajax boss Frank De Boer has claimed he was close to beating Pochettino to the Spurs job.

De Boer angered the Tottenham top brass last season by revealing they had contacted Ajax about his services while Sherwood was still in the job.

Spurs instead opted for Pochettino, but De Boer said: “I was really close to a move to Tottenham. It works at a club just like a business: it is voted on, and finally they have come to the conclusion that they wanted Pochettino.”