Leeds United linked Leon Britton has signed a new one-year contract with Swansea City, the Premier League club have confirmed.
The midfielder, who had been linked with a move to Leeds in recent weeks, will now stay at the Liberty Stadium until 2018.
Leeds boss Garry Monk is an admirer of the 33-year-old, having previously worked with Britton at the Welsh club, and was claimed to have identified the Englishman as a potential summer target.
However, Britton, who first moved to Swansea on loan from West Ham United in 2002, expressed his delight in extending his stay with the Swans.
“Signing the extension was a very easy decision, like most of my contracts at Swansea have been”, he told Swansea’s official site.
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“I spoke to the chairman [Huw Jenkins] and said, 'If you are happy to have me, let's just keep the same terms'.
“I think it's one of the easiest contracts the club have ever drawn up.
“If you include the loan deals when I first came, I have now signed 13 contracts at Swansea.
“You never know, there might be a 14th – it's down to me to try to prove I can still do a job.”
Britton, who did not feature in Swansea’s 2-0 loss to Hull City at the weekend, however, played an hour of the Swans’ season opener against Burnley earlier in the month, a match which Francesco Guidolin’s team won 1-0.
On the other hand, Leeds recorded their first league win of the season at the weekend by beating Sheffield Wednesday 2-0.
