New Contract For Agard

Monday 6th July 2009 16:36 by Matthew Gamble

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Teenage striker Kieran Agard has signed a new two-year deal at Everton.

Kieran Agard has signed a new two-year deal at Everton.

The striker, now 19, has progressed through the Everton ranks after joining from Arsenal as a 16-year-old.

He was named on the substitutes bench for the first team on three occasions last season.

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Agard was prolific for the Blues' Under-18 side after his arrival and soon moved into the reserve squad. He was the second string's player of the season last term.

The pacy frontman travelled with the first-team squad to Switzerland last summer and now has the chance to stake his claim again this pre-season.

"I'm absolutely delighted," he told evertonTV with the ink still drying on his deal.

"Two years is a good amount of time to show what I can do and hopefully I can give the manager food for thought.

"It was great to be named Reserve Player of the Year last season and I've had time to go away and reflect with my family on the good bits and bad bits.

"I know what I need to do and I'm looking forward to it."

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Mark BunkerNice bit of transfer business, Jo has a good touch, links up play well and a eye for goal, just needs to up work rate a tad...Yak,Jo,Saha,Vaughn and Vic aint a bad striking line up at all...also good news on Garbutt and Mustafi, though ive not seen them play its great we are picking up these top youngsters..now we really really really need to sort out RB (W brown, fanni,hutton) and RM (Nani, Bentley,J Cole,)...top up CM with 1 of Moutino, Scholes or M'bia....keep up on the youngsters - Delph, Ledley, Muamba,Cranie....oh and good luck Agard you will get your chance under Moyes.....COYB

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