Abdoulaye Doucoure has been reflecting on his time at Everton after leaving the Toffees for Saudi Pro League membership NEOM SC in the summertime. The Frenchman spent 5 years with Everton and was a key participant regardless of enjoying below 5 totally different everlasting managers. Doucoure recollects his time with the Toffees with fond reminiscences however he believes the choice to promote left-back Lucas Digne to Aston Villa in January 2022 shortly after a row with Rafa Benitez was an enormous mistake.
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“Lucas was one of the best left-backs in the league,” the previous Everton star instructed The Athletic.
“When I saw that, I was like, ‘How can they let someone like that leave the club like this just because of a falling out?’ It made no sense because Lucas loved the club and would not have left for Aston Villa.”
Digne joined Everton from Barcelona in August 2018, enjoying 127 occasions earlier than a fallout with Benitez. There was a disagreement with the previous Blues boss over ways and his function within the staff, and the membership determined to let him go after the supervisor made it clear he now not had a spot in his staff. The Spaniard was sacked simply three days after Digne joined Villa, and the France worldwide may have remained on the membership had Benitez been sacked earlier.