Kieran Dowell has thanked Everton for helping him become a better player by choosing a loan move that suits him "down to the ground” in Nottingham Forest.
The Ormskirk-born Academy graduate has excelled for the Championship outfit so far this campaign, becoming a regular in the ‘number 10’ role for Mark Warburton’s side.
Dowell has scored six goals - including a hat-trick in a 3-2 away win over Hull City last month - and provided three assists in his 12 league outings to date.
And the silky midfielder, who made his senior Everton debut against Krasnodar in December 2015 and then his Premier League bow in a 2-1 win over Bournemouth a season later, believes he is in the perfect environment to improve further between now and the end of his temporary spell away from Goodison Park.