After rejecting a bid from the Red Devils for the
29-year-old over the summer, the Everton manager
is now hoping to secure his star left-back's long-
term future at Goodison Park
Everton boss Roberto Martinez expects the club to
open up contract negotiations with Leighton Baines
following the closure of the transfer window.
The left-back was a target for former boss David
Moyes at Manchester United over the summer but,
unlike team-mate Marouane Fellaini, he remains at
Goodison Park after the club rejected all overtures.
With the window now closed until January, his
boss is hoping to tie up the defender's future
beyond the two years that currently remain on his
contract.
"When the window is open I think it's the wrong
time to speak about those things and so we hadn't
discussed it," Martinez told reporters.
"But, now the window is closed, we are going to
look into all the players in the squad and see
where their contracts are up to. Then, individually,
we will look to address that.
"It would just have created more instability if we
had done that while the window was open."
Everton rejected a "derisory and insulting" double
bid of £28 million for Baines and Fellaini in August,
with the latter eventually moving to Old Trafford for
£27.5 million on deadline day.
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