Christian Eriksen has signed a new contract with Tottenham Hotspur that will keep him at the club until 2020.
Eriksen,
24, has been in negotiations with the club since March over a new deal
and his new contract is worth around £75,000-per week, making him one of
Spurs' top earners alongside Harry Kane, Mousa Dembele, Hugo Lloris and
Erik Lamela.
The Denmark international joined Spurs from Ajax in
2013 and has become one of their most influential players. In 33 Premier
League appearances last season he scored six goals and set up 13 as the
club finished third.
"It's gone really quickly," Eriksen told the club's official website.
"It's my fourth season now and yet it doesn't feel like that, it feels
more like a second season and it's more and more exciting.
"There
is a great future at this place and I wouldn't have signed if I didn't
see that. It's a very good group of people, players who connect with
each other, staff who connect with the players and we all have an idea
of where we want to go, and hopefully we'll achieve it."
It was reported last week
that Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino personally intervened in the
contract talks amid fears they would affect the player's form.
Negotiations
remained cordial, according to PA Sport throughout the summer but they
had reached a stalemate last month, before Pochettino persuaded both
sides they needed to come to a resolution.