I'm sure he would, but a lot will come down to how many squad places we have available won't it?
We all love Baines, but there's a reason he was replaced.
If he stays another year, that means another year of paying high wages, and another year where a young player is denied the opportunity, and he might play 2 or 3 games at most.
Am I being harsh?
Moshiri made a statement about cutting down on the wage bill, and building a young team, so it will be interesting to see if he sticks to it.
Yes, I forgot about squad places, I don't think your being harsh. I appreciate players like Leighton Baines, Tim Cahill, Tony Hibbert especially, who have served the club for years and been happy with their salary instead of chasing 'more money'. Sadly, loyalty appears to be more & more a thing of the past. I would hope Everton may be able to find a place for Leighton Baines in some capacity.
This list is from a different conversation, but it's close enough for rock & roll.
It shows the players we have competing for 25 squad places who are too old to be part of the free 21y/o pool.
Lössl (expires June 2022)
Pickford (expires June 2024)
Digne (expires June 2023)
Mina (expires June 2023)
Keane (expires June 2022)
Holgate (expires June 2020)
Coleman (expires June 2022)
Kenny (expires June 2022)
McCarthy (expires June 2020)
Schneiderlin (expires June 2021)
Gueye (expires June 2022)
Lookman (expires June 2021)
Vlasic (expires June 2022)
Sigurdsson (expires June 2022)
Bernard (expires June 2022)
Richarlison (expires June 2023)
Walcott (expires June 2021)
C-Lewin (expires June 2023)
Tosun (expires June 2022)
Onyekuru (expires June 2022)
Stekelenburg (expires June 2020)
Baines (expires June 2019)
Jags (expires June 2019)
Besic (expires June 2021)
Dowell (expires June 2021)
Bolasie (expires June 2021)
Ramirez (expires June 2021)
Martina (expires June 2020)
Mirallas (expires June 2020)
Niasse (expires June 2020)
Robinson (expires June 2021)
Connolly (expires June 2021)
Pennington (expires June 2021)
Tarashaj (expires June 2020)
Galloway (expires June 2020)
Williams (expires June 2020)
Garbutt (expires June 2020)
Charsley (expires June 2019)
Hewelt (expires June 2019)
Sambou (expires June 2019)
Renshaw (expires June 2019)
Mathis (expires June 2019)
Zouma (expires June 2019)
Gomes (expires June 2019)