Three Everton players have signed new contracts with the club, it was announced by the club days before the City derby against Liverpool on Monday.
These are the experienced Leighton Baines, Gareth Barry and the young defender Mason Holgate. The agreemnt of the left guard is till 2019, and the one of the 35-year-old midfielder became associated till the summer of 2018.
`Gareth Barry is intelligent enough and the fact that he i a player in the Premier League only Ryan Giggs has more matches via soccer-tips than he is eloquent. Hopefully, he will surpass that achievement. We talk about a strong character and a key player for us.`, said the manager Ronald Koeman.
Baines is now in his 10th season at Everton and at the age of 32 he remained a substantial enough figure, having recently passed the limit of 350 appearances for Merseysiders.
`Leighton always behaves perfectly. Likes to work seriously to learn and has an excellent perspective on the game, so it is excellent that stays with us.`, said Koeman. The treaty of Holgate is up to 2021, when he debuted at the start of the season and he has had 6 derbies on his account, as recently covered in group matches.
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