No player did more to save Everton from relegation than Jordan Pickford.

Across four successive relegation fights - through boardroom, ownership and regulatory crises - the one constant through the chaos was that the Blues had one of the best goalkeepers in the world as their last line of defence. They needed him, too.

Yet the 31-year-old, now committed to the club he loves until 2029, is not happy with the legacy he has already built on Merseyside. He wants more.

Pickford will mark a decade at Everton next year. He joined a club that was in Europe and ambitious enough to spend £30m on a developing goalkeeper who had just experienced relegation with his beloved Sunderland.

When he...