Phil Jagielka believes Everton can crack the top four next season.

"Hopefully next year we can come back and we'll have another fourth-chasing season," he said. "Last time around, after it looked so promising, it turned into a battle to hang on to fifth.

"We know that expectations are going to grow and rightly so when you look at some of the players that we have. Hopefully we can go about fulfilling the fans expectations by doing as least as good as we did this year.

"Having had an experience of the stadium, it would be fantastic to get to Wembley for a cup final. I'm sure the Evertonians would go down in a shot and the Gaffer mentioned about doing well in the cups again at the end of the season.

"We'd like to have another lengthy run and do a bit better again. Hopefully a couple of signings will come in. You never know what is happening during the transfer window, things might die down while the European Championships are on.

"But once they are over, I'm sure the club is going to be linked with a lot of decent players and, with a bit of luck, we'll be able to sign a few, too."