Tottenham striker Fernando Llorente would be 'delighted' to extend contract

New deal? Llorente's current contract expires in the summer
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Dan Kilpatrick @Dan_KP15 February 2019

Fernando Llorente would be "delighted" to stay at Tottenham for a further year.

Llorente, 33, is out of contract in the summer and was available to leave the club at the start of January, having started just once all season.

But injuries to Harry Kane and Dele Alli last month have resurrected the Spaniard's career and he has assisted three goals and scored the same number in the last seven matches, including his late header in Wednesday's 3-0 win over Borussia Dortmund.

Llorente says he would be happy to sign a one-year contract extension but added that he will listen to any other offers, amid interest from his former club Athletic Bilbao.

“If I renew for a year, I am delighted, the project is exciting here at Tottenham, but we will be attentive to any call that may come," Llorente told the Spanish media.

In a separate interview, the World Cup winner added: "I don't know anything [about interest from Bilbao]. The truth is I'm very satisfied here in Spurs, I haven't thought about leaving. I'm at a great club, I still have a contract, and my intention is to win trophies here. Right now, I'm enjoying a good moment, and I hope I can keep scoring goals and everything keeps going well.

"I was dreaming of that goal [against Dortmund]," he added. "This season and last season, I was on the bench a lot of the time, and always I tried to score.

"It had been a while since I'd come off the bench to score, so it was satisfying, and all the more so that it was Champions League.

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"The important thing is to help whenever I'm called upon, and keep working hard."

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