Tottenham transfer news: Major update on £27m star's Spurs future ahead of deadline

Sky Sports reporter Michael Bridge has confirmed that Steven Bergwijn will stay at Tottenham until at least the end of the season.

The Dutchman's future in North London has been in serious doubt throughout January following interest from Ajax, but the winger is now expected to stay put.

Overall, January has proved an incredibly up and down month for the 24-year-old. Bergwijn has gone from looking a certainty to leave at the beginning of the window to producing his most meaningful contribution in a Spurs shirt and is now likely to stay on board with Antonio Conte.

Interest first emerged at the beginning of the month when Ajax launched a £15m bid, although Tottenham rejected the offer, which was some way below the £27m that they paid PSV for his services two years ago.

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Bergwijn looked to have played his final game for the club but came off the bench against Leicester and scored twice deep into stoppage-time to rescue three vital points in Spurs' bid to finish in the top four.

From then on in, it appeared likely that the Netherlands international would remain at Tottenham, especially after he was rewarded for his Leicester performance with his first Premier League start under Conte at Chelsea four days later.

But Ajax were still keen on bringing Bergwijn back to Holland, with Fabrizio Romano even suggesting on Sunday that negotiations were still open.

However, heading into the final few hours before the 11pm deadline, Bridge has confirmed that Bergwijn is going absolutely nowhere.

He told GIVEMESPORT: "I understand that Steven Bergwijn is going to stay. Despite interest from Ajax, Conte genuinely likes him and thinks he can get a