Football News : Leon Britton signs news three-year Swans deal

Swansea midfielder Leon Britton hopes to end his career with the club after
signing a new three-year contract that will keep him at the Liberty Stadium
until the summer of 2015.

APLeon Britton has enjoyed a fine debut Premier League season

Britton, 29, still had a year remaining on his existing deal, but manager
Brendan Rodgers was keen to tie the playmaker to a longer contract after
watching him turn in a string of fine performances in Swansea's maiden
Premier League campaign.

Britton told the club website: "I'm pleased to complete the deal. It was an
easy decision for me to make, although I still find it strange when I look back
to the day I left for Sheffield United.

"I didn't even think I would be back in Swansea colours, let alone playing for
the club in the Premier League armed with a new three-year contract."

Britton continued: "This deal will take me up to my 32nd birthday, but I'd
like to think if I can keep myself fit and healthy, live my life right, then I
can go on playing until my mid-to-late thirties.

"In an ideal world I would like to stay at Swansea until the day I retire - or
they retire me - because I love it here and the club has a bright future ahead
of it.

"Our debut season in the Barclays Premier League has gone well so far and
everyone wants to build on that. If we all stick together then, like I said, the
future is bright.''

Britton has won plenty of plaudits this season as a key cog in Swansea's
acclaimed possession style.

The West Ham product became the first player to record perfect passing
statistics in a Premier League game after completing all 67 of his attempted
passes in the win over Bolton.

His pass completion rate remains in the low 90s and he has won comparisons with
the Barcelona duo Xavi and Andres Iniesta for that statistic, as well as being
tipped for an England call-up.

The midfielder joined the Swans on an initial loan from West Ham in 2002, and
after making that switch permanent he went on to make 335 appearances before
moving to Sheffield United in 2010.

But Britton returned to the Liberty Stadium just six months later, going on to
help the club secure promotion via the Championship play-offs.