England defender Ryan Bertrand has signed a contract extension that will keep him at Southampton until 2021.

The 26-year-old, who was in his country’s squad for Euro 2016, initially joined the club on a season-long loan in July 2014, but completed a permanent move from Chelsea in February the following year.

But now he has signed a new five-year deal as the club continues to tie up key players on long-term contracts.

“I’m very pleased. It’s been a fantastic move for me since the day I came to this club and I look forward to many more successful years and really pushing forward,” Bertrand said.

Bertrand made 32 league appearances last season to lead Southampton to a sixth-place finish in the table.

Southampton, who have sold Victor Wanyama to Tottenham, Sadio Mane to Liverpool and Graziano Pelle to Chinese club Shandong Luneng during the summer, have awarded new deals to Virgil van Dijk, Fraser Forster, James Ward-Prowse and Steven Davis in recent months.

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