Speaking to Sky Sports, Gueye acknowledged that the Toffees board have done everything for him over the past few seasons and he remains committed to them during the course of his stay, he said: “It’s really not in my nature to make a scene and clash with the board knowing they’ve done everything for me, that they’ve already been correct with me. They allowed me to stay in the Premier League after Aston Villa got relegated. I owe everything to this club and will continue to give everything for the club as long as I’m there.”

Gueye had previously cited that he could pursue a big challenge at the end of the season and the Toffees could oblige for the same, should a suitable offer be made. However, before that, there remain another nine matches for the season to conclude and the Toffees have plenty at stake as they make the push for the seventh spot, which could see them qualify for the Europa League.

At present, the Merseyside outfit are six points off seventh-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers but they don’t face an easy challenge of reducing the gap, given the difficult-looking schedule at Goodison Park. The Toffees recently impressed with a hard-fought 0-0 draw against Liverpool in their home ground but they still have plenty of big games ahead with Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United making the trip before the season close.Their only other home game comes against Burnley and that could likewise remain tricky with the Clarets revival since the turn of the year.

Speaking to Fox Sports Radio, Gueye stressed that the Toffees have ‘so much quality’ within the ranks and he is optimistic of the club finishing in the European places next season, he said: “I want to help the club fight for Europe next season. This club has been great to me since I have arrived. We have so much quality in the team. “Yes, last season was difficult, but we are very capable of again playing in Europe.”

Everton were widely expected to compete for a top-six spot last season after spending nearly £150m on recruits during the summer of 2017. However, things went pear-shaped from the off with a couple of poor results and this eventually witnessed the dismissal of Ronald Koeman from the head coach role.

Thereafter, Sam Allardyce managed to steady the ship to propel the club into the top half of the table but the Toffees hierarchy nevertheless decided to sack the Englishman after finding out his unpopularity among the club’s faithful. Everton are yet to make an announcement regarding their next head coach butnew director of football Marcel Brands is expected to be tasked with the job of appointing the new manager.

As per reports, Marco Silva is the prime candidate in the Toffees wishlist to succeed Allardyce but the deal could have some complications owing to their previous approach for the Portuguese. Back in November, the Toffees had made contact with Silva without the knowledge of Watford under whom he was employed and there are suggestions that the Hornets could make a complaint to the Premier League regarding an illegal enquiry.