MIKEL ARTETA has urged any players considering leaving Everton to think twice after extending his Goodison commitment to more than a decade.

Arteta ended speculation over his future at the weekend by agreeing a new five-year contract that ties him to the club until 2015. Click here to follow our Twitter EFC updates.

The Spanish schemer has followed Tim Cahill, Leighton Baines, Jack Rodwell and Seamus Coleman in pledging his long-term future to the club this summer.

It dashed any hopes potential suitors Barcelona, Manchester City, Sevilla and Arsenal had of prising the 28-year-old away from Goodison. And in a thinly-veiled warning to Steven Pienaar, who has entered the final 12 months of his present deal with talks having stalled on a new contract, Arteta believes the grass isn’t always greener elsewhere.

“I think some day you need to realise what you’ve got,” said the midfielder. “I realise what I’ve got and how privileged I am to be here.

“We haven’t got everything at Everton because we haven’t been able to win things or play in the Champions League.

“You can go to another club for more money or to play in the Champions League but if you move on from here you know you are going to miss many things.

“Those things are really important as well.”