Rightly, several supporters are growing in frustration with the club’s lack of transfer activity. That said, the club’s focus on developing young players has continued. Joe Hilton has signed his first professional contract with the club.
Hilton has signed a new one-year deal with the club, and the promising goalkeeper had joined the first-team in their pre-season camp in Austria. The goalkeeper expressed his eagerness to continue his development with the Toffees, and he revealed that he thinks that Everton is the best club for him to realise his potential.
The following quotes are from Everton’s official website.
“Signing this new deal means a lot, I’ve put in a lot of hard work, and I think this shows it has paid off. Hopefully, it’s the start of a good career.”
“I’ve really settled in here. It’s definitely a family club. Everyone knows each other, so you go from one side of Finch Farm to the other, and you know each person there.”
“The coaches here are brilliant. [Under-18s goalkeeper coach] Kev O’Brien helped me a lot when I first came and [Under-23s goalkeeper coach] Alan Kelly has done a lot for me since he came to the Club. They’ve all helped me in different ways.”
“Next season I just want to play as much as I can, work hard and do everything to be the best goalkeeper I can be.”
Here’s how Everton supporters have responded to the announcement on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/paul_18781/status/1018845903459737601
Well done r kid!!! 👐
— Bob (@bob9958) July 16, 2018
Congrats Joe lad
— Pgee Ariffin (@pgee27) July 16, 2018
congrats joe mate 👍🏻⚽️
— Daniel Havern (@danielhavern1) July 16, 2018
Great signing, well done joe. Keep up the good work.
— paul (@casabrava2) July 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/MaxyMj3669/status/1018882644833177600
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