Didavi re-signs with Stuttgart

Stuttgart midfielder Daniel Didavi has agreed a three-year contract extension which will keep him with the Bundesliga club until 2016.

The 22-year-old spent last season on loan with Nurnberg, scoring nine goals in 23 appearances, but now appears set to break through into the Stuttgart first team.

Didavi told the Bundesliga club’s official website: “I am very happy that I can now take the next step in my career here.

“I came through the youth teams at Stuttgart and received my football training here, breaking into the professionals here.”

Stuttgart director of sport Fredi Bobic, who turned down Nurnberg’s bid to keep Didavi on loan for another year, also hailed the midfielder’s progress.

“We are delighted that Daniel has signed a long-term contract with us,” he said.

“He is a player from our own production belt who has improved a lot and has a great deal of potential.”

Didavi is currently out until January after undergoing knee surgery.