After the closure of the transfer window, Tottenham are accelerating talks to tie down a player to a new contract, with CEO Vinai Venkatesham leading those efforts.
We have already seen two Tottenham Hotspur players being handed new contracts at the start of the Thomas Frank era.
Djed Spence has signed a new four-year contract, less than a year on from his last new deal, while new club captain Cristian Romero has also put pen to paper on an extension.
It has been reported over recent weeks that Rodrigo Bentancur is next in line to be handed a new deal at Spurs, with the Uruguayan now into the final year of his contract.
Vinai Venkatesham wants to tie Rodrigo Bentancur down to new Tottenham deal
TBR Football have now claimed that following the exit of Daniel Levy, Venkatesham has been tasked with tying down the Uruguayan to a new deal.
Now that the transfer window has closed, there is said to be urgency at Tottenham to reach an agreement with Bentancur as soon as possible.
The report says that Thomas Frank has already made it clear that the former Juventus man is a key part of his plans.
As a result, Venkatesham is now working hard to tie up Bentancur to a new long-term contract, with Tottenham hoping to have an agreement in place before January.
Why Tottenham fans can be relatively optimistic about Bentancur’s future
There were murmurs of transfer interest in Bentancur this summer, but the midfielder did not come close to leaving.
There are also continuing suggestions that Atletico Madrid are big fans of Bentancur, which might be a cause for concern for Tottenham fans.
However, the fact that the North London club have not shown the same urgency in tying the midfielder down to a new deal as they did with Romero suggests that they are relatively confident that the 28-year-old will commit.