The belgian defender Toby Alderweireld will be in Tottenham until 2023.

the Premier League club Tottenham have extended the contract with the belgian defender Toby Alderweireld.

the Contract is now run to 2023, writes the London club on its website.

- I could not be more pleased. I am honored to play for this club and be a small part of to get to the next level, he says in an interview on tottenham's website.

The 30-year-old defender was in action in the 50 of the club's 58 matches in the past season and was a starter in 12 of the 13 Champions League matches.

In all, the belgian midfielder took the 179 matches for Tottenham since joining the club from Atlético Madrid in 2015.

For Belgium, it has been 98 matches in defense.

the Extension means that Tottenham now can pill a from the list of those players who has his contract this summer.

A different, yet not have got resolved his future, Christian Eriksen.

the Dane was in the past transfervindue rumored to several of the great european clubs, but that fell never an agreement in place.

Winter transfervindue is the last chance for Tottenham, if the club will sell Eriksen, he for the summer can smoke on a free transfer.

Tottenham are in fifth place in the Premier League with 26 points after 17 matches. There are three points up for Chelsea in fourth place, and just Chelsea guests on Sunday Tottenham in the league.

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