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Toby Alderweireld has addressed his future as the Belgium international prepares to enter the final 12 months of his contract at Tottenham Hotspur.

What’s the word, then?

Alderweireld told Sky Sports:

“There’s a lot to play for this season. And in the end I have a year contract left at Spurs, so I don’t look further than this season. Other things I don’t know. I am very happy at Spurs, so we will see what the future brings.

“I still feel very fit. I think I played a lot of minutes this season so I showed that I am fit – I don’t feel 30, I feel younger.

“So as I said, I am very happy and I just try to watch game-by-game. This season there is a lot to play for so I will give my best for that.”

The centre-back has a contract with Spurs until the end of the 2019-2020 campaign, but a £25m release clause comes into effect this summer.

And Manchester United have been strongly linked with the 30-year-old.

Alderweireld has only missed three Premier League games for Tottenham this season and the Spurs fans have recently called on the defender to pen a new contract.

The Belgian’s words on his future, however, will not exactly fill the supporters with confidence.

How will this one end?

Well, it seems very likely that Alderweireld will leave Tottenham this summer.

If that was not the case then you suspect that the former Atletico Madrid defender would have sent a clear message when addressed on the topic.

Instead, Alderweireld revealed that he would not be looking beyond the end of this season, which appears to be his last in a Tottenham shirt.

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With Christian Eriksen also linked with a move away, it could be a tough window for a club who simply have to spend in the summer.

One of the best centre-backs in European football, Mauricio Pochettino’s side will feel the loss of the 88-cap international if he does indeed move on.