Phil Jagielka: 'I'll step up as Everton captain'

Everton defender Phil Jagielka has insisted that he will adapt his approach as he prepares to lead the Toffees as captain in the 2013-14 season.

The England international has taken the armband from Phil Neville, who retired at the end of the season and took up a new coaching role at Manchester United.

"I think I will need to do things differently as a captain on the pitch when things aren't going right," the Liverpool Daily Post quotes Jagielka as saying.

"I've found that if I'm not having the best of afternoons myself I try to get on with my own job and get through it whereas now, with the captain's armband, I've got a little bit more responsibility to forget about myself and help teammates who are maybe having a worse afternoon or the ones who need that little more encouragement who could potentially change the result of the game."

The 30-year-old has been an Everton player since joining the club from Sheffield United in 2007.