EVERTON will give Mason Holgate a new contract — to keep him from the clutches of the vultures.
Versatile Holgate has been linked with Manchester City but new boss Carlo Ancelotti has told his money men to make sure he stays.
And so Holgate, 23, signed as a kid from Barnsley, is in for a lucrative new deal to bring him more into line with what his team-mates earn.
Holgate is on a lower salary despite a review last year.
The Toffees loaned him to West Brom last season but he has become a favourite of Ancelotti.
Everton host Manchester United today and Ancelotti says he is unconcerned about Gylfi Sigurdsson’s lack of goals.
The Icelandic midfielder got 14 goals last term but has just four so far this season.
The Italian said: “I don’t have any complaints against him, he is doing well and I hope he can score soon.
“But it is not the most important part of his job now.”
Everton host Man Utd on Sunday hoping to inflict a similar level of punishment to last season, when they humiliated Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men 4-0.
