Gary Naysmith is determined to win back his starting place at Everton next season.

The Scottish left-back insists he wants to stay at Goodison Park and told evertonfc.com: "I have had seven years there - seven years in October - and I feel totally settled, my family is settled, the children are settled at school, I get on great with the fans. I like it at Everton, I wouldn't have stayed for seven years if I didn't like it.

"But after you have had a year or two of injuries and you don't play as much as you should then you get to my age - 28 now - and you think well I need to start playing a bit. Hopefully it will be at Everton."