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Morgan Schneiderlin has performed an amazing gesture for an Everton fan who recently lost a loved one.

Dan Griffiths shared a heart-warming tale on Reddit on Thursday evening explaining that his mother had sadly passed away a few weeks ago after a long battle with cancer.

The Evertonian explained that, amongst other things, he would always be reminded of her by the French midfielder as she would say "See you in the Morgan Schneiderlin" before going to bed each night.

His post on social media read: "This week was my mum's funeral. She passed a few weeks ago after a long battle with cancer. We will remember her for a whole host of things, every Christmas, every time Carole King plays, and all these other key events.

"One habit she had though for the past few years was to say every single night 'See you in the Morgan Schneiderlin' before heading off to bed. We always smiled as it was her way of engaging with our love (suffering) of Everton Football Club."

Dan went on to reveal he reach out to Schneiderlin on Instagram to tell him this story.

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And the Everton midfielder has gone above and beyond with an incredibly kind gesture after being moved by what he was told.

The post went on saying: "Last night while I was reflecting on this I thought to message Morgan directly on Instagram. I didn't really expect anything more than perhaps a nice message saying sorry for your loss or something. To be honest even that felt like a stretch.

Love my club minds blown. https://t.co/hv1L7573vL — Dan (@Dan_Niasse) October 18, 2019

"Instead he replied very quickly saying how the story had touched him and inviting our family to the game on Saturday. It was such a generous act and in the few messages back and forth I felt a genuine warmth and genuineness from him.

"So this Saturday we will be heading back to Goodison thanks to Morgan, his name will forever be cemented in our memories and family tradition."

The Blues supporter later took to Twitter to reveal the exact messages shared between him and Schneiderlin.