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Rodrigo Bentancur is close to agreeing a new contract with Tottenham Hotspur, football.london understands.
The 28-year-old Uruguayan midfielder has been a mainstay of the Spurs team since arriving from Juventus in January 2021 and has clocked up 121 appearances for the club, scoring nine times and laying on eight assists. That is despite suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury that kept him for nine months in 2023.
The three-time Serie A winner was a key figure under Antonio Conte after joining the club and continued to be a central player under Ange Postecoglou after returning to fitness from that ACL injury and subsequent ankle ligament injury that almost immediately kept him out for a further month.
Bentancur was an integral part of Spurs' Europa League-winning run last season, playing in 13 of the 15 matches including the final against Manchester United as he and the team lifted the trophy in Bilbao.
The experienced midfielder has now become a driving force of Thomas Frank's side so far this season and has featured in all but one match for the Dane, having been rested for the win at West Ham during Spurs' hectic schedule.
The Uruguay international's contract is due to expire next summer alongside fellow midfielder Yves Bissouma's. While Tottenham were looking to sell the Mali international this year only for a knee injury to scupper those plans, Bentancur's new deal has been a priority for the club after tying down his skipper and close friend Cristian Romero to a bumper new long-term contract.
Now football.london understands Bentancur and Tottenham are close to agreeing a new deal which will keep him at the club for the foreseeable future.
"I think first and foremost, I am very happy with Rodri. He has been a very good player for us, a top professional in every aspect," Frank said recently. "I am happy with him, he is happy with being here. I know that for a fact. Let us see what is going to happen in the future."
The Tottenham head coach had told football.london out on the summer tour to Asia of Bentancur: "I was pretty sure he would be a key player [before I started working with him], so that's not been a surprise. That's a player, of course I think is important for the future."
Now Bentancur, who is out in Norway preparing for Tottenham's Champions League match at Bodo/Glimt, looks set to ensure he is part of that future at Tottenham under the Dane as he closes in on that new contract.
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