Care, 38, has made a club record 386 appearances for the London outfit, including 11 so far this season.

“I will be at Harlequins next season, I ain’t leaving – I love it too much, I can’t give it up yet,” he told the BBC’s Rugby Union Weekly podcast.

“Hopefully a few Quins fans will be happy with that.

“That game [the ‘Big Game’ 34-34 Premiership draw against Leicester in December] probably reminded me again just how lucky I am, fortunate, to still play this game we love and to still play for the club that I love.

“I’m not going to give it up while I enjoy it.”

Care first joined Harlequins in 2006 and has twice won the Premiership title with the club, in 2012 and 2021, and the European Challenge Cup in 2011 – as well as scoring more than 100 tries.

The number nine retired from England duty in March 2024, after winning 101 caps for his country – one of only six men to achieve a century of appearances for England.