Everton manager David Moyes rules out selling Leon Osman and Tony Hibbert

David Moyes, the Everton manager. (Getty Images)

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Everton manager David Moyes has ruled out the possibility of selling midfielder Leon Osman and defender Tony Hibbert this summer.

Neither player has been first-choice this season but Osman – who impressed in Everton’s 2-0 win over Sunderland at the weekend – is likely to get more time between now and the summer due to the January sale of Steven Pienaar to Tottenham.

Tony Hibbert has only managed 11 appearances this season, and therefore looks the more likely to depart, but speaking to the Daily Post, Moyes seemed to quash rumours surrounding the two.

He said: “We’ve never given up on Ossie,” said Moyes.

“As long as I’m here, Ossie will be here – and Tony Hibbert – as long as they want to be here.

“They know what the club’s about. They know what’s required and they know what I’m about and from that point of view I think they’re really important.”