Anjishnu Roy 02/11/2025 comments  |  Jump to last

Jordan Pickford believes that pushing towards the top half of the table and trying “to get into” Europe are the ambitions for Everton this season.

Pickford recently signed a new long-term deal that’ll keep him at the club until the end of 2029. Signed from Sunderland in 2017, Pickford has been one of the most influential figures in the Toffees’ recent history and has also been the undisputed number 1 for England across several major tournaments.

Outlining the club’s ambitions to finish in the top half of the table after a few turbulent seasons in recent years, Pickford told BBC, “We want to be pushing that top half of the table. The manager is driving us to be in the top half and try to get into Europe. I think getting into the top half and sustaining that momentum in the top half and not dropping down and keep putting us as players that pressure, to go get more results and keep improving, is definitely a drive. I think if we do that and, with the squad we have, we can push for...