Tottenham Hotspur Transfer News: Gareth Bale Signs New Deal for Spurs

Tottenham fans around the world can breathe a sigh of relief—Gareth Bale is staying on at the club.

In what has already been a tumultuous few months for Spurs, Bale's contract renewal comes as a welcome distraction and a huge confidence boost for the club—agreeing to remain at White Hart Lane until 2016.

Tottenham released the news via their official website:

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The Club is delighted to announce that Gareth Bale has signed a new four-year contract, committing his future to the Club until 2016.

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Spurs have already had to deal with so much over the past few months, including speculation about Bale's departure from White Hart Lane, which surely makes the re-signing of the winger so much sweeter.

From their failure to qualify for the Champions League to the sacking of Harry Redknapp to Luka Modric's imminent departure, Tottenham have done well to work through this and secure their star winger, whose impact to the side cannot be underestimated.

Bale himself is a winner of the PFA Player of the Year Award an inclusion in to the PFA Premier League Team of the Year in the past two seasons as well as the UEFA Team of the Year last year.

But more importantly, he is a huge boost for Tottenham, and commented about the club in the news release of his contract extension:

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I’ve been here for five years now and I’ve enjoyed every minute. The fans have been great to me and I’d love to re-pay them and do the very best for them. The Club is progressing and I want to be a part of that, so it was great to get the deal done.

I love the Club and the fans and I want to play my part in trying to get us back into the Champions League—where we belong. We’ve a good, young squad and we need to work together to get back on the biggest stage again.

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Bale is expected to remain at White Hart Lane until 2016, though no specifics are known yet about the contract itself.

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