Michael Keane has shed light on Everton’s torrid 2017/18 season whilst away on international duty with England, speaking to The BBC.
There were a few months when things were going really badly and I did not really want to go and do things out of the house,.
We had three managers in the end and it was difficult, all the change constantly happening. It is really sad when managers get sacked and they talk to you for the last time and see how visibly upset they are.
Several of those brought in by manager Koeman and Director of Football Steve Walsh, endured testing seasons with players such as Davy Klaassen, Nikola Vlasic and Sandro Ramirez all failing to adapt accordingly to the Premier League, whether under Koeman or the other two temporary managers David Unsworth and Sam Allardyce.
Keane has newfound confidence since the regime of Marcel Brands and Marco Silva began at the start of the season, and has benefited greatly from playing seven of his eleven appearances this season alongside Chelsea loanee and French international Kurt Zouma. However, Keane has told of how Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright always had faith the Englishman would come good.
(Bill Kenwright) called me two or three times at the low points when people were saying what they were saying about me because I wasn’t playing well and the team wasn’t playing well. But Bill told me how much he believed me and to keep working hard and that he had faith that I could become one of the greats from the club.
This confidence shown in Keane as manifested into his performances, with many fans lauding his consistency, whether he play alongside Zouma or other centre-back partners in Yerry Mina or Mason Holgate. Keane attributes this to the influence Marco Silva has had since arriving at the club.
Hopefully we have that consistency now with Marco Silva and we’re obviously playing for him and want to play for him, and hope it continues.
