London: Southampton midfielder Victor Wanyama, who was heavily linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur during the summer transfer window, has been offered a new five-year contract by the club, according to British media reports.
Wanyama has bridges to build with the club after failing to force through his move and was left out of Sunday’s 3-0 home win over Norwich City for not being “mentally and physically good enough to play”, according to Southampton manager Ronald Koeman.
“We’d like to tie him down for another five years. Whether that’s possible or not, I don’t know, but the opportunity is there to do that,” Les Reed, the club’s executive director of football, was quoted as saying by British media reports.
