Done deal: Ed Jones agrees terms for Everton contract
Ed Jones has penned his first professional contract at Everton which will keep him at the club until the summer of 2024 with it being up for renewal in June.
Via the club’s official website [5 July], the Toffees confirmed that the “Impressive” under-21s centre-back will be there for another season.
While he has been operating centrally, he can do well playing as a wing-back as well.
Good move
Jones is still 18 so any talk of a senior debut is premature and he’ll be looking forward to another year of under-21s football.
It remains to be seen what Sean Dyche’s pre season plan as managers do sometimes take some of the academy players on tour to get them accustomed to training with the first team.
Jones is among the better young players at the club and will be looking to better himself playing for the academy next season.
He’s also featured extensively for Leighton Baines’ under-18s side and impressed a great deal under the former Everton captain.
He has recently battled with injuries so perhaps the one-year contract is for the club to gauge his situation at the end of it.
Paul Tait, the under-21s manager, surely must be in touch with Dyche and will be offering reports on how the teenager is progressing.
In Everton news, Alan Myers has shared a major update on Sean Dyche’s future after a development over his sacking has emerged recently.