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title: "Everton: Abdoulaye Doucoure contract extension predicted"
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published: "2021-09-14T07:35:54Z"
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# Everton: Abdoulaye Doucoure contract extension predicted

**Football finance expert Kieran Maguire suspects that Abdoulaye Doucoure is in line for an Everton contract extension.**

### The lowdown

The Toffees signed Doucoure from Watford ahead of the 2020/21 season for a fee of [just under £20m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/abdoulaye-doucoure/transfers/spieler/127187). He has gone on to play 38 times for the club, scoring four goals and providing six assists (via [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/abdoulaye-doucoure/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/127187/verein/29)).

Carlo Ancelotti, the man who brought him to Goodison Park, hailed him as a [‘complete midfielder’](https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/spurs/news/carlo-ancelotti-lavishes-praise-on-complete-midfielder-abdoulaye-doucoure_414026.html). He is currently thought to be pocketing £75,000 per week, [placing him just inside the squad’s top 10](https://www.spotrac.com/epl/everton-fc/payroll/).

### The latest

Doucoure [initially signed a three-year deal](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/abdoulaye-doucoure/profil/spieler/127187) when he joined the Blues, meaning Everton would be paying Watford around £6.65m per year. However, if they extend his contract, they will be able to pay the fee in smaller chunks over a longer period.

“We have got people like \[Michael\] Keane who has just extended his contract,” Maguire told [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/everton-supremo-moshiri-running-out-of-time-amid-400m-reveal-maguire/). “Every time you extend a contract, you reduce the amortisation cost.

“They have done that with a few, and I suspect we are likely to see it with likes of Doucoure and others as well.”

### The verdict

We’ll often hear when a new deal is handed out that a player is being rewarded for their performances, but clearly there are other motivations at play too.

Still, you’d think Everton fans would welcome the news of an extension. Doucoure seemed a coup when they snapped him up, and so he has proved, [setting up two](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/everton-fc_burnley-fc/index/spielbericht/3592025) of their three goals against Burnley last night.

He should be a starter on Merseyside for a number of years yet.

**In other news, [Everton are set to revisit this move in January](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fc-transfer-rumours/everton-ainsley-maitland-niles-move-set-to-be-revisited/).**