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Leon Britton signs one-year contract extension with Swansea City

Swansea City captain Leon Britton has signed a one-year contract extension to remain at the Liberty Stadium until the summer of 2018.

Britton turns 34 next month and has made 514 appearances for a club he first joined on loan from West Ham in December 2002.

"Signing the extension was a very easy decision, like most of my contracts at Swansea have been," Britton told the club's official website. "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.