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Everton left-back, Leighton Baines.

Baines signs Everton extension to keep him at Goodison for 13th season

The former England left-back is staying with the Toffees after penning a new one-year deal.

EVERTON HAVE CONFIRMED left-back Leighton Baines will remain at the club next season after signing a new one-year contract.

Baines will enter his 13th campaign at the club after the 34-year-old defender agreed to extend his stay at Goodison Park.

Former England international Baines, who joined from Wigan Athletic in 2007, started only five Premier League games last term.

However, despite being usurped by Lucas Digne following the left-backโ€™s arrival from Barcelona, Baines was happy to stay.

โ€œI do feel as proud as when I first signed,โ€ he told Evertonโ€™s website. โ€œAs you get older, you realise the work you need to do to sustain the level required by the club.

And to be judged to be at that level in the later stages of your career is testament to the work you do. You take pride in it all.

โ€œWhen you look at the back end of last season and how well we played and the results we picked up against some good teams it gives us plenty of optimism going into this season. We are confident about what we can do and striving to achieve success.โ€

Manager Marco Silva added: โ€œIt was vital for me to keep Leighton at Everton and I am very pleased to finalise his contract before we return for pre-season.

Leighton is part of the clubโ€™s fabric and a top-class professional. Most importantly, Leighton is still an exceptionally good footballer and features in our vision for what we want to achieve at Everton.โ€

Everton have signed Jonas Lossl ahead of the new campaign, while they are reportedly closing in on a permanent deal for Barcelona midfielder Andre Gomes after he impressed on loan in 2018-19.

But Nikola Vlasic will not be available to Silva as the winger has completed a move to Russian Premier League side CSKA Moscow.

Vlasic, who scored CSKAโ€™s winning goal when they beat Real Madrid in the Champions League during his loan at the club last season, has signed a five-year contract.

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    May 11th 2018, 5:34 PM

    Not much cover at RB may bring in Rafael or Fabio

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    May 11th 2018, 5:56 PM

    @Hightower: with Danilo on the bench.

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    May 11th 2018, 5:39 PM

    Such a pity, last chance to represent his country in a major tournament, gotta feel for the man.

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    May 11th 2018, 5:44 PM

    @Now or Never: absolute douche tho.

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    May 11th 2018, 7:38 PM

    Are they certain??? I mean he does have form with faking injury. Maybe this is his best performance yet?

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    May 11th 2018, 6:12 PM

    Best RB ever to play the game. Shame.

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    May 11th 2018, 6:18 PM

    @Marko Polo: cafu

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    May 11th 2018, 6:55 PM

    @Stephen Bolger: John O Shea

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    May 11th 2018, 8:38 PM

    @Clay Davis: Paul McShane

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    May 11th 2018, 6:32 PM

    Shame. Heโ€™s an entertaining player to watch

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