Everton chief executive Keith Wyness has dismissed any suggestion that manager David Moyes will not sign a new contract.

At the club's annual awards dinner at St George's Hall in Liverpool, Wyness claimed Moyes and club owner Bill Kenwright were "deep in talks".

Moyes led Everton to their best-ever Premier League campaign when they finished fourth in 2004-05 and is on course to lead them to UEFA Cup qualification again this season, but his contract runs out at the end of the 2008-09 campaign.

And the fact that a new deal has still not been brokered has led to suggestions that the Toffees would lose the Scot.

But Wyness said: "Bill and David have been deep in talks for some months. Those talks are going fine, there is absolutely no problem there at all."