Mar 25, 2011

William Gallas Delays Signing New Tottenham Contract Until Champions League Future Is Sorted

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White Hart Lane veteran is offered new deal but delays decision.


Tottenham Hotspur defender William Gallas will not sign a new contract at the club unless there is Champions League football on offer next season.


The 33-year-old signed a one-year deal last summer after joining on a free from fierce rivals Arsenal. The France international is a key player for manager Harry Redknapp and has helped the club into the Champions League quarter-finals in their debut appearance in the tournament.


Gallas has said he is open to signing another deal with Tottenham but wants to see if the club can retain their place among Europe’s elite.


Spurs currently lie fifth in the table, just outside the four qualification spots but if they win this year’s competition they will gain entry for next season.


Redknapp confirms negotiations have started with the veteran, who he regards as  ’one of the signings of the season’.


“The chairman’s doing a deal,” Redknapp told the Daily Telegraph


“William fully deserve it, he has been top class. He’s a nice man, a quiet man who just gets on with it.


“He could have gone abroad during the summer and made money, but the deal he did with us was an awful lot less than he was on at Arsenal.


“He has been one of the signings of the season. He has been magnificent for us and has played nearly all the games.”


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