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Ross Barkley signs four-year contract

England international and PFA Young Player of the Year agrees new deal that will keep him at Everton

Everton’s Ross Barkley (centre) has signed a new four-year contract at Everton. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
Everton’s Ross Barkley (centre) has signed a new four-year contract at Everton. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
Tue Jul 29 2014 - 16:29

Everton midfielder Ross Barkley has signed a new four-year deal at Goodison Park, the Barclays Premier League club have announced.

The 20-year-old has enjoyed a meteoric rise since breaking into the first team at the start of last season and was included in the England squad for this summer's World Cup in Brazil.

Barkley, who has had loan spells at Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds, has won nine England caps so far and was named on the shortlist for last season’s PFA Young Player of the Year Award.