Everton midfielder Tom Davies has penned a new long-term contract.
Davies only penned a five-year deal last summer but has extended his stay with improved terms that will now commit his future to the Blues until June 2022.
The West Derby-born midfielder made his first-team debut in last season’s draw with Southampton and has forced his way into Ronald Koeman’s plans this term.
Since the Dutchman became Everton manager, Davies has featured in 17 games in all competition to date, which included 10 Premier League starts.
Davies rose to prominence after opening his account as part of a man of the match performance in Everton’s four-goal rout over Manchester City in January.
And the 18-year-old, nephew of Everton’s 1970 title winner Alan Whittle, admitted that he had no hesitation in reaffirming his commitment to his boyhood club.
He said: “It means everything to me to get a chance to be in the Everton first team and to try to stay there.
“Everton has a long tradition of bringing young players through and the incentive has always been there for me to try to progress with the club.
“I used to look at Mikel Arteta and aspire to be out there playing alongside my heroes and, obviously, Wayne Rooney and Ross Barkley who came through the Academy here, too, have been inspirational figures for me.
“Hopefully, young players in the Academy now can see how I have been able to progress and make my way to the Everton first team, just as Matty (Pennington), Callum (Connolly), Kieran (Dowell) and Jonjoe (Kenny) have also done.
“But we all know that the hard work doesn’t stop because we want to be part of taking the club to the next level as well.
“We’ve had some big results this season and we’re fighting for a European place in the Premier League and we want to help get Everton to where the club needs to be and where the supporters want us to be.”