A “refreshed and excited” Michael Keane admits the positive reports he heard on manager Marco Silva left him counting the days until he returned for pre-season training.
Keane joined his Everton teammates at USM Finch Farm on Monday as the Blues’ players underwent a series of fitness and medical checks ahead of starting work on the training pitches on Tuesday.
The defender already has an idea of what to expect from his new boss after speaking to twin-brother Will, a Hull City player when Silva was in charge at the KCOM Stadium in 2017.
Keane, who also asked fellow England international centre-half and former Hull City man Harry Maguire about Silva’s methods, started following his own fitness programme last month to be ready to hit the ground running this week.