Spurs target Diarra rules out Pompey exit

10:30am Thursday 3rd July 2008

TOTTENHAM target Lassana Diarra has pledged his future to current club Portsmouth and will remain on the south coast next season.

Juande Ramos was thought to be extremely keen on the tough tackling former Chelsea and Arsenal midfielder.

But after a successful year at Pompey, the 23-year-old Frenchman is staying put.

When he first joined the club in January, Diarra stated that the move was only temporary until a bigger club came in for him.

However, he now seems content with life at Fratton Park and dismissed any speculation surrounding his future with Harry Redknapp's men.

"Where will I play next season? Why such a question? I am under contract at Portsmouth," Diarra told The Sun.

"I feel fine at the club, they have allowed me to play in Europe and win the FA Cup."

Ramos is reportedly preparing a summer clear out at White Hart Lane in a bid to make space for his own players.

But it seems that Diarra will not follow Luka Modric or Giovani dos Santos as new additions to the Spurs midfield.

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