Everton want Jordan Pickford to finish his career at the club

Everton are preparing a new contract for Jordan Pickford, and he is poised to sign on the dotted line. Per the Daily Mail, the Toffees want him to finish his career at the club.

The Everton goalkeeper has been in sensational form, keeping two clean sheets in seven Premier League games this season after an impressive 12 shut-outs last term.

Only Matz Sels and David Raya kept more clean sheets than Pickford last season, as he played every league game of the campaign for the second successive term.

Everton are keen to tie him down to a new deal and ensure he spends the rest of his career at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, establishing himself as a club legend.

Club insider Dominic King said, “Soon Pickford will sign a new contract, with Everton adamant they want him to finish his career on Merseyside.”

He continued, “Whatever it would cost them to finance such a deal, you could essentially double the figure to bring in comparable quality. He really has become that important.”

If Pickford sees out the rest of his new contract, he should break into the Everton top ten all-time appearance list, potentially catching up with Seamus Coleman.

The 31-year-old is currently at number 24, but as a goalkeeper with years ahead and a phenomenal injury record, he has every chance of breaking into the top ten.

Pickford also etched his name into England’s football history by breaking Gordon Banks’ long-standing record with his eighth consecutive clean sheet for the Three Lions.

This remarkable feat means he has gone over a whole year without conceding a goal for his country.

The Everton stopper marked his 79th international cap in style during Thursday’s 3-0 friendly win over Wales, surpassing the World Cup winner’s mark.

Hailed by England boss Thomas Tuchel as a ‘fantastic shot-stopper’, it has been 12 months since he last conceded, in a 2-1 Nations League defeat to Greece.

Since then, he’s faced nine shots on target, denying Serbia, Andorra (twice), Latvia, Albania, the Republic of Ireland, Greece and Wales.

England’s only conceded goals in that period came when he was on the bench against Finland and Senegal.