Jan Vertonghen has admitted he had no desire to leave Benfica this summer despite securing a free transfer to Anderlecht close to deadline day.
The former Tottenham Hotspur star spent two seasons playing for the Portuguese side before his contract was terminated and he moved back to his native homeland to join the Belgian high flyers.
Vertonghen admitted he wasn't expected to play a major role in the first-team at Benfica as he enters the latter stages of his career at 35 but that the move came as a shock and was revealed to him and completed within a day.