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Phil Kirkbride

Marco Silva selects Everton captain ahead of Premier League 2019/20 season opener against Crystal Palace

Seamus Coleman will captain Everton this season as Marco Silva's selection to wear the armband can be revealed.

And, as the Blues boss did last season, he has also picked a small group of players to act as the squad's other skippers should Coleman not be on the field.

Leighton Baines will continue to deputise as captain should Coleman be out while Gylfi Sigurdsson , who wore the armband at times last season, is also on the list.

But in a reshuffling of his pack this summer, Silva has promoted Lucas Digne to the captaincy group for the new season, which begins this afternoon at Crystal Palace .

Club captain Phil Jagielka was released earlier in the summer and so has need to reorganise his on-field leadership options.

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