17 year old midfielder Jack Rodwell has today signed a new 5 year contract. Rodwell who has made 13 appearances for the Everton first team this season will stay with the Blues until 2014 at least. Rodwell was one of Everton’s top performers in Sunday’s FA Cup 5th Round win over Aston Villa, scoring his first ever Everton goal after just 4 minutes. David Moyes was understandably delighted to tie the talented youngster down to a long term contract:

“When we get good young players, we want to sign them up and keep them here. That’s always the way that we have gone about it. Jack has got a long way to go and it wasn’t ideal that we had to pitch him in at the start of the season; we threw him in at the deep end. He played well in those games at times but we took him away from it for a while to give him a break and let him see what it’s all about. But when he came back in against Liverpool he looked really good and he made a big contribution against Aston Villa. The signs from him were positive.”

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