Olympique Marseille coach Didier Deschamps has ruled out selling fullback Taye Taiwo.
The Nigeria international has spoken this week of the prospect of moving to Tottenham.
But Deschamps appears keen to keep Taiwo at the Stade Velodrome and could offer him a new deal, with his current contract set to expire next summer.
"He is here and will be here until the end of the season," Deschamps told La Provence.
"He is under contract for another year. We have an interest in prolonging it so that he is not free in 2011. I need him, especially as a replacement would cost me more money. I count on him."
