Everton is the place to be for young players as we give them a chance – David Moyes

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Everton manager David Moyes is nearly closing in on a decade of Premier League management with the Merseyside club and believes his youth players will have a big future at the club.

This season has seen the emergence of youngster Seamus Coleman, who is now a first-team regular, and that gives Moyes a great satisfaction.

He told Yahoo: “Part of my job is to get young players in the team at Everton and that is partly due to the numbers. If anyone is watching tonight and you’re a good young player, Everton is the place to be as we give youngsters opportunities.”

Everton have produced a number of good young players over recent years, including James Vaughan, Victor Anichebe and England international Wayne Rooney, and Moyes insists it is important to give youngsters a chance.

“What you need in life, whether it’s working behind a camera like you are or me being a football player or manager like me, you need somebody to give you a chance to see if you can do it,” he said.

“If you get a chance then it’s up to you to take it. I tend to find when you give young players a chance they tend to take it.”

Everton started poorly in their Premier League campaign but as the season nears its end, a string of good results has seen them potentially get another top six finish.

Moyes added: “We have got better. I actually thought at the start of the season we were playing really well, but although we couldn’t score our football was excellent. We finished last season with only two defeats in 24 games.

“We have had a lot of injuries recently but now for whatever reason we are getting good results.”