Digne: Everton Are Trying To Rediscover Early Season Form
22nd February 2019
The Blues will have had a 17-day wait for a fixture when they meet Cardiff City on Tuesday
- French left-back Lucas Digne says Everton are working hard to ensure they recapture their early season form
- Digne was one of six outfield players added to Everton’s squad following Silva’s appointment as manager last summer
- The left-back rapidly adapted to Premier League football after spending his career in France, Italy and Spain ahead of his switch to Merseyside
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Kingdom- French left-back Lucas Digne says Everton are working hard to
ensure they recapture their early season form.
The Blues will have had a 17-day wait for a fixture when
they meet Cardiff City on Tuesday, with the Goodison Park Merseyside derby
following quickly on the heels of the trip to South Wales.
And Frenchman Digne says the squad are focused on showing
their quality on a more consistent basis when they return to league
action.
“We need to be more consistent and we are working to do
that, because we have a lot of quality in the team,” said Digne.
“The confidence is here, we know we have quality.
“We have a lot of fans and we can understand they are not
happy with the performances sometimes.
“But when you work hard, you can change things very fast.
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“For the moment, we are focussed only on Cardiff. And after
we have one week to prepare for the derby.
“The two games will be a test. But that is the Premier
League.
Digne was one of six outfield players added to Everton’s
squad following Silva’s appointment as manager last summer.
The left-back rapidly adapted to Premier League football
after spending his career in France, Italy and Spain ahead of his switch to
Merseyside.
He has supplied more crosses than any player in the
division, his 197 deliveries totalling 21 more than next best Jose Holebas of
Watford. Digne has created 12 ‘big chances’ this term, fewer only than
Bournemouth winger Ryan Fraser and Mohamed Salah of Liverpool.
The 25-year-old’s excellent start to the campaign won him a
recall to France’s World Cup-winning squad. Fellow pre-season signing Richarlison has
launched his Brazil career since joining Everton, while Portugal summoned Andre Gomes soon
after the ex-Valencia midfielder established himself in Silva’s team.
And Digne insists a strong finish to the season can act to
further strengthen the bond in Silva’s squad, particularly with high-flyers
Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United all still due at Goodison Park.
“We know where we need to work and the most important thing
is to stay together with the fans,” said Digne.
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“We are giving everything in training and want to continue
to work and finish as high as we can.
“We are building something in the Club. We are changing a
lot of players, new players, like me, like Richie, we need a bit of time,”
Digne explained.
“When we change a lot, we need time to build something
serious, something very good.
“Now we work for the rest of the season and for next season,
too. We are looking up and we want to finish as high as we can.
“That is the most important thing.
“We have a lot of big games at Goodison and we want to play well at home in
front of the fans, they deserve it because they support us all the time,” he concluded.