New Everton loans chief James Vaughan says Lewis Warrington's move to Fleetwood Town is an example of how he wants his job to work.

The 34-year-old, who started his playing career at Everton, was sporting director at Tranmere Rovers before making the move back to Finch Farm.

Vaughan oversaw Warrington's recent loan at Rovers in the second half of last season and will be keeping a close eye now on the young midfielder's progression at Fleetwood Town.

Vaughan told evertontv: "Lewis went into Tranmere and took his chance. The credit has to go to him for that. At times, he really dragged the team along. You could see he was ready for first-team football and I'm sure he'll do the exact same thing this season at Fleetwood.

"For players like Lewis, it's then a case of making sure we can help transition them from the Football League to hopefully playing in the first team here at Everton one day."

Vaughan called time on his playing career in 2021 and admits that Everton is still the club which is closest to his heart.

“It feels like I've come home," he added. "Tranmere gave me a massive opportunity and the people who worked there were fantastic with me. But Everton is where grew up as a kid and I couldn't turn down the chance to come back here. It's the club that's closest to my heart.

"In my role, I will be monitoring the lads who are out on loan and giving them any support they need. Further from that, it will be concentrating on the next players who need to go out on loan, making sure we get the right loans for them and giving them the best opportunity to be successful."