Howe said today: "Having that was well planned and structured by the club, in a sense that there's a sort of finish point. We don't want constant speculation, it's not healthy for the player or for us.
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"It goes without saying we want to keep him, I want to build our team around him. His form has been very good and he seems very happy and settled.
"He'll be thinking about a very busy summer ahead, where hopefully we can take the team, with him a big part of it. But we aren't in control of that so let's see."