Marco Silva says creating a positive atmosphere where his players enjoy their football is instrumental to delivering high-class performances on matchday.
Silva insists his players’ hard work and application has been on show “from the first day in training”.
Double sessions have been the norm over the summer, as the manager seeks to quickly implement his ideas and philosophy. The players, meanwhile, have consistently spoken enthusiastically of Silva’s progressive training methods, with his focus on ball work and encouraging his charges to express themselves a key theme.
And, if Everton’s effervescent displays in their opening two Premier League games were anything to go by, this work already playing dividends.