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Phil Jagielka, Everton FC
PHIL JAGIELKA has signed a new deal at Everton FC.
The England defender has penned a contract until 2017, which could tie the 30-year-old to the club for the rest of his career.
Signed from Sheffield United for £4m in 2007 and initially played in central midfield, Jagielka has blossomed into an enormously reliable centre-half.
He has now won 16 England caps and has captained the side in the absence of club skipper Phil Neville.
The new contract was revealed on the day Everton announced a loss of £9m in their annual accounts – partly explained by new deals in 2010/11 for Marouane Fellaini, Tim Howard, Phil Neville and Ross Barkley.
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