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Jan Vertonghen lavishes praise on Celtic’s Dedryck Boyata

Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen has heaped praise on his international teammate Dedryck Boyata.

The Celtic defender was very impressive for Belgium during the World Cup and Vertonghen believes that he is an ‘immense’ player.

The Spurs star is a world class defender and Boyata will be delighted to receive such praise from him.

Vertonghen said: “He has been with us for a while now, he is a great defender and a very smart guy. He had a great World Cup, he played because of injury but he showed Belgium and the world how good a defender he is and he was immense for us.