Stoke City keeper Asmir Begovic is expected to stay at the club, despite interest from Manchester United.
Stoke chief executive Tony Scholes is confident the club can keep hold of the goalkeeper and has put plans in place to extend his current deal, which is due to expire next summer.
The 27-year-old has been linked to Manchester United in recent times, with Louis van Gaal eyeing up replacements for David de Gea, should he depart for Real Madrid.
“Clearly Asmir is a terrific goalkeeper and we are very keen to keep him at the club,” Scholes told the Sentinel newspaper.
“I think when you’ve got extremely good players it is only natural that there will be speculation about their future. These players are also very ambitious and I include Asmir in that.
“He wants to make sure he can play at the very best levels his abilities will enable him to and to have a very good and successful career in the game. We hope that we can fulfil all of those things at Stoke City.”