Aston Villa legend Gabby Agbonlahor has urged Micky van de Ven to snub a contract extension at Tottenham in favour of a transfer.
The Dutch centre-back has once more been the brilliant spark in what has been one other irritating season for the north London membership.
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Van de Ven, who joined Tottenham from Wolfsburg in 2023, has three-and-a-half years remaining on his current deal.
Nonetheless, Spurs are eager to tie down the fan favorite amid reviews that the defender has develop into pissed off by the present scenario on the membership and needs to see extra ambition earlier than committing his future.
Liverpool are understood to be monitoring Van de Ven who has netted six instances since Thomas Frank’s arrival as boss in the summertime.
Dream greater
Agbonlahor believes the defender ought to intention larger slightly than keep at Tottenham for the long run.
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“I really feel sorry for him within the sense that he deserves to be taking part in at an even bigger membership. He gained’t keep at Spurs,” the previous Villa striker informed talkSPORT.
“Don’t signal a brand new deal there, Van de Ven. You deserve higher than Spurs.”
Agbonlahor’s broadcast companion Alan Brazil agreed together with his sentiment, earlier than including one other potential suitor.
“For me, he’s the one I’d be shopping for,” he mentioned. “I guess his agent is driving him mad. I believe he may simply slot in at Man Metropolis.”
To which Agbonlahor replied: “100 per cent, immediately.”
Vital determine
The 24-year-old has shortly develop into a dressing-room chief and was handed the captains armband within the 1-0 win over Crystal Palace final month.
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Nonetheless, tensions boiled over final week when Van de Ven grew to become embroiled in a heated trade with followers following the 3-2 defeat to Bournemouth.
His relationship with Frank was additionally known as into query when he appeared to disregard a handshake from the Spurs boss after the 1-0 defeat to Chelsea in November.
Ought to Van de Ven choose towards signing a brand new deal, then Spurs are anticipated to command an enormous payment for his or her largest squad asset with a Harry Kane-style contract saga more likely to be averted.
And key to his choice might be how Spurs fare this season with simply the Premier League and Champions League to struggle for.
Tottenham are languishing in 14th place, eight factors off fourth place at present occupied by Liverpool.
In a bid to spice up their hopes of European soccer, Tottenham have made a blistering begin to the January switch window with the £35million signing of Conor Gallagher this week.
Gallagher’s arrival is ready to be adopted by the acquisition of Brazilian full-back Souza in a £13m deal from Santos.
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However a return to Europe’s elite membership competitors is essential for Van de Ven who desires to proceed testing himself on the highest stage.
Talking on The Overlap podcast final month, the Dutchman revealed: “Our intention for this season is to guarantee that we’re taking part in Champions League soccer once more. High 4 or 5 is what we would like.”
