Seamus Coleman has picked out three teammates who he believes are turning into dressing room leaders at Everton.
The Blues captain signed a new contract with the Blues last week, putting pen-to-paper on a one-year extension to keep him at Goodison Park until 2023.
The right-back is Everton's longest-serving player in the squad currently, having made the move to Merseyside from Sligo Rovers back in 2009.
In that time he's seen many players come and go, and he now believes that he is seeing a number of younger players step up into leadership roles in the dressing room.
The defender highlighted Tom Davies, Mason Holgate and Ben Godfrey taking that responsibility - with two having already captained the club in the past.
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Coleman told evertontv: “Slowly but surely, we are gathering some more leaders across the squad.
“The younger lads are coming in. Tom [Davies] has captained the club numerous times, Mason [Holgate] has captained the club and is a loud voice in the dressing room.
“Ben Godfrey has come in and is an unbelievable character with a lot of leadership qualities.
“But it's something we all need to do as a group for the bigger picture – every day turn up with the leadership skills. If you are in the team or not, it shouldn't change what we are like as a group."
Coleman also called on the squad as a whole to keep improving and show more resilience on the pitch.
The Blues started last term well but finished in a disappointing tenth place by the end of the campaign, and the captain wants to see that improve in the future.
Coleman added: “I do see that improving, definitely. We need to have more of a tougher resilience. We had some great moments last year and then fell away at times.
“Like I've said numerous times, it's about improving and having that team spirit, but to have that team spirit you need good results.
“If we can start the season well and can stay on top of the little things then we can improve on what has been a disappointing couple of seasons in terms of league positions.
"We know, as players, we need to be achieving a lot higher position than that.”
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