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Tottenham Hotspur announced on Friday that Moussa Sissoko had signed a new four-year deal with the club in what is an unprecedented move under Daniel Levy, and it could have a significant impact on the futures of Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld.
What’s the word, then?
Well, Spurs haven’t been a club to hand out lengthy contracts to players in and around their 30s in general during Levy’s tenure, so Friday’s announcement was a bit of a shock in many ways.
For the north London outfit to give a player who turned 30 last month a four-year contract is certainly notable, and if he stays for the duration it means he could leave the side just months before his 34th birthday.
Meanwhile, the contracts of two others players in and around the same age in Vertonghen and Alderweireld are due to expire next summer, with no progress or developments yet on whether they duo will eventually commit, or leave.
Long-term deals on the cards?
Presumably, one of the things the Belgian duo will be wanting is a contract longer than one or two years if they are to remain at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and the fact Spurs have handed a long-term one out to Sissoko is certainly promising in that regard.
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It is proof that if you are performing well enough then Levy is willing to be flexible and change his usual strategy, and there is no reason why the same wouldn’t happen with two defenders who have been so key during the Mauricio Pochettino era.
Both players would be difficult to replace – especially if they go for nothing – without spending big money, and perhaps something like a four-year contract on slightly increased wages could be enough to tempt them to stay, and would suit Levy from a financial point of view, too.
Whatever happens the Spurs chairman should be trying to get it sorted one way or the other, with Harry Kane suggesting to Sky Sports that the uncertainty is affecting performances on the pitch.