Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Carter-Vickers

News comes from Belgium that centre-back pairing of 29-year-old (30 next April) Jan Vertonghen and 27-year-old (28 next March) Toby Alderweireld are in negotiations to extend their contracts at Tottenham.

That is certainly good news for the fans and continues our process of staggering contract negotiations to maximise market exposure for the Tottenham Hotspur brand. With Cameron Carter-Vickers also signed their signatures would give us some security at the centre of our defence.

The pair are part of the meanest defence in the Premier League right now which causes problems for other squad members who would like to play more, namely 23-year-old (24 in November) Austrian international Kevin Wimmer.