Everton boss David Moyes has been speaking to the media before Saturday’s Premier League game against Manchester City at Etihad Stadium (kick-off 15:00 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Jordan Pickford signing a new four-year deal is “really good news” and it is “really pleasing” that Everton have tied down defenders James Tarkowski and Jarrad Branthwaite to new deals as well.
• Moyes revealed that he told former Everton chairman Bill Kenwright to sign Pickford from Sunderland back in 2017: “When I left Sunderland, people connected to Everton asked me about my players. I told them my young goalkeeper was outstanding. Then they went and signed him that summer.”
• As a “big voice, important figure and senior player”, England’s first-choice goalkeeper has already assumed more of a role in the Toffees’ dressing room.
• In terms of team news, Jarrad Branthwaite and summer signing Merlin Rohl are “back on the grass”, but Nathan Patterson picked up an injury while playing for the Under-21s this week.
• Jack Grealish will be unavailable to play against his parent club Manchester City. Moyes highlighted that it “isn’t a surprise” and he already has a plan to “rejig things”.
• Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall will be back in contention though after serving a suspension following “two ridiculous bookings”. The central midfielder will be “back in and amongst things” this weekend.
• Meanwhile, Everton’s coaching staff are working with Beto “every day” to get him scoring more goals, after only finding the net once in seven Premier League appearances so far this season.
• He explained the striker’s approach to training and learning: “The boy is mad to do the work. He is a brilliant lad and his dedication to try to improve himself is second to none. The one thing I do know about Beto is that he wants to score.”
• When asked if he thinks Manchester City are getting their mojo back, after racking up a run of seven games unbeaten in all competitions, Moyes responded: “I hope they aren’t!”
• He added: “Pep Guardiola, certainly in the last decade, has been as good as any manager across the world. At the moment though, there’s more of a chance that you might get a result against Manchester City. It’s still very difficult to do so, but teams have gone and done it so we’ve got to try to do it as well.”

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