Séamus Coleman signs new five-year contract with Everton | Evertongiid
Séamus Coleman
Séamus Coleman has committed his future to Everton until 2022. Photograph: Tony McArdle – Everton FC/Everton FC via Getty Images
• Republic of Ireland captain is currently out with broken leg
• Coleman admits he is delighted to commit future to club
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Everton have honoured their commitment to a new five-year contract for Séamus Coleman while the defender recovers from a double fracture to his right leg.
The Republic of Ireland captain signed the new deal on Friday having had just over two years remaining on his previous contract. Coleman had agreed terms, but not signed, before the recent international games when his leg was broken in two places by Wales’ Neil Taylor during a World Cup qualifier in Dublin.
Everton’s chairman, Bill Kenwright, reassured the 28-year-old on the night of the injury that his contract remained on the table. The agreement gives Coleman a major lift as he begins a long rehabilitation process and would ensure the £60,000 signing from Sligo Rovers serves 13 years at Goodison Park.
Coleman said: “It’s a special club that means a lot to me. Everything had been agreed and I was due to sign it after the international break but unfortunately I got the injury. The chairman messaged me the night of my injury and said ‘Don’t worry about it because when you come back this contract is still waiting for you’. That sums up what the chairman and this club is all about.
“Farhad Moshiri [Everton’s major shareholder] also sent me cards and said the support was always going to be there. I’m delighted with how the club has handled the situation. Knowing that I was going to come back and sign it has definitely helped things. It’s a massive boost and gives me something to fight for. I want to prove my worth when I come back and show the club were right for rewarding me with this long-t
erm contract.”
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