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Vertonghen moves from Benfica to Anderlecht

Reuters
The Belgian defender is looking to keep his place in the national team
The Belgian defender is looking to keep his place in the national teamReuters
Belgium's most capped international Jan Vertonghen (35) returned home on Friday, signing a two-year deal with Anderlecht, the club announced.

Vertonghen has 139 caps for Belgium but has never competed in the Belgian league, having signed for Ajax Amsterdam in the Netherlands as a teenager and then playing over 300 games at Tottenham Hotspur before spending the last two season at Benfica in Portugal.

The move to Anderlecht allows the 35-year-old central defender to continue to play regularly and keep up his place in the Belgian national team, who are headed to the World Cup in Qatar later this year.