Manager David Moyes has ended speculation over his future by signing a new five-year deal at Everton.
Moyes, 45, delayed signing the deal and admitted it may have unsettled his players after they were knocked out of the Carling Cup and the Uefa Cup.
"There have been many different things for different reasons," Moyes told the club's website of the delay.
"But we are here now. The big thing for me is that I am at Everton, as far as I am concerned, for another five years."