The Western Bulldogs have finalised a four-year deal that retains celebrity Marcus Bontempelli on the Whitten Oval till the tip of the 2029 season.
The very best-profile participant within the AFL coming out-of-contract, the Canines captain goes nowhere after signing a brand new four-year deal.
“I’ve had just a few various things occurring – getting married within the low season, opening a small espresso store out in Kew – however finally it’s no totally different to how I’ve handled different issues previously,” Bontempelli stated.
“It’s an vital resolution to spend the correct amount of time.
“This membership means a lot to me, it’s exhausting to place it into just a few phrases to be sincere.
“It’s the place I’ve grown as a person and spent all of my grownup years coming right here at 18.
“Once I take into consideration the particular person I wish to turn into it has been influenced by the individuals I’ve spent quite a lot of time with on the Western Bulldogs.
“I owe a lot from a footballing expertise perspective however I believe I actually owe quite a lot of my maturing as an individual and as a person to the soccer membership.
“For me, it’s such a particular place, the followers, the people who have supported me alongside the way in which.
“I’ve by no means not felt supported by our individuals right here on the membership.
Marcus Bontempelli celebrates a purpose. (Photograph by Dylan Burns/AFL Pictures by way of Getty Photographs)
“I really feel extremely fortunate to have had that for therefore lengthy.”
Affirmation of the information comes an evening after Bontempelli was named the membership’s second-greatest ever participant, solely behind the legendary Ted Whitten.
Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge was enthusiastic about Bontempelli’s future when requested about it final Wednesday: “I believe we’re getting shut, however that’s all I can actually say.”
The 29-year-old has performed 253 video games for the Bulldogs after being taken with choose 4 within the 2013 draft.
A tall, big-bodied midfielder, Bontempelli made his mark on the competitors immediately.
Bontempelli gained the primary of his six Charles Sutton medals because the Bulldogs’ best-and-fairest in 2016, the season the membership broke a 62-year premiership drought.
The signing is a lift for the Bulldogs following two-straight defeats that has them sitting exterior of the top-eight forward of the ultimate 5 weeks of the season.
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