Everton have completed another deal by tying emerging star Danny Bramall down to a professional contract, the club confirmed on Tuesday.
The Merseysiders announced on their official website that the 18-year-old wide forward has signed a one-year deal after making a good impression since progressing through the club’s youth ranks.
The teenager, who has played with the club’s Under-18s up to this point, is aiming to force his way into the Under-23s side managed by David Unsworth in the coming season.
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The announcement of a new deal for Bramall comes less than 24 hours after Everton signed Dutch youth international Nathangelo Markelo.
Both players are seen as two for the future and comes in a whirlwind of transfer activity at the ambitious Merseyside club, who spent £54million last week on goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and playmaker Davy Klaassen.
Bramall admits that first-team football is a long way off but is keen to follow the likes of Tom Davies, who emerged from the youth ranks to nail down a regular starting spot in Ronald Koeman’s team, in developing quickly.
“As soon as I signed for Everton four or five years ago this was what I was working for – a pro deal,” Bramall told the Everton website. “Now I’ve got it and signed it, it’s just a dream come true.
“Last season, I was just trying to impress people as much as I could and, thankfully, I did enough.
“My aim now is to get more goals, more assists and hopefully some starts for the Under-23s. “