Seamus Coleman sets crystal clear Everton target and makes Bramley-Moore stadium claim

Seamus Coleman has spoken of his burning desire to win a trophy before he brings the curtain down on his Everton career.

The Toffees skipper is a modern-day great at Goodison Park, having made 385 appearances since joining from Sligo Rovers for just £60,000 in 2009.

However, Coleman - who turns 34 next month - has so far missed out on getting his hands on silverware at Everton. He's twice reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup (2012 and 2016) and the last four of the League Cup (2016).

And the right-back is determined to follow in the footsteps of a pantheon of Goodison greats before he departs.

What’s been said

Via Planet Football, Coleman said: "We all want to be winners in sport and if I get to the end of my time at Everton and haven’t won anything, I’ve not achieved what I wanted in this sport.

“You start out in football with small targets. To get into the first team, to try and hang on to your place and then when you get to that point, you start to think of more. For a long time now, I want to be on the list of players who have won a trophy for Everton and that desire is massive for me.

“When you are part of a great club like Everton for as long as I have been, you understand what the club means. Then you want to be part of that history.

“The videos are always of players from our great teams, and the images of Everton players lifting trophies in the 1980s are all around you. It reminds you how big the football club is.

“When some players sign for Everton, they don’t realise how big the football club is and how successful it was. Yes, those trophy wins were a long time ago, but they helped to build Everton into what they are now.

“That’s what we have to aspire to. You don’t want to be remembered as someone who played 400 games for Everton and won nothing. I want to win a trophy at the club and I will keep trying to do that for as long as I’m here.”

‘We want Everton to be in a place where they are challenging’

Coleman is Everton's longest-serving player and featured under a total of eight permanent managers.

Frank Lampard is the latest to occupy the hot seat, having guided the Blues to Premier League survival after succeeding Rafa Benitez in January.

Everton - who play West Ham United on Sunday - move to their Bramley-Moore Dock stadium in 202.

Coleman wants to ensure the club is in a place where they can 'challenge at the top' when they do make the switch to their new home.

He added: “What’s disappointing for me is we’ve had so many managers and change over the years. Frank is here now and he is doing a great job, so the players have to do everything we can to give him the support he needs.

“Ultimately that’s a reflection on the players when a manager loses his job. Players are responsible for bringing success to a club and maybe we haven’t done that enough over the years.

“Everyone here wants that success and we’ve not got that recipe yet for whatever reason. I do believe that the club will win a trophy very soon.

“We will be going into a new stadium very soon and when we get there, we want Everton to be in a place where they are challenging at the top of the game. That’s what we are all fighting for here.”