Blues defender Axel Disasi is the subject of the interview in tonight’s match day programme for Everton.
The 5-cap French international has split fan opinion since joining the club from Monaco for around £40m last summer.
Personally I think it’s pretty simple, he’s not really a ball-playing possession defender, but mostly he is very good defensively. Not all the time, but mostly.
I think he’s a decent squad rotation player when we (if we ever) have a fully fit squad and wouldn’t start when (if) we do.
But one thing I have enjoyed is his attitude and strong mentality, and that is what he has been speaking about in his latest interview in the programme notes for tonight.
The imposing defender has enjoyed getting to grips with the English game and sets high standards, insisting that he feels strongly about delivering what is expected of him by the fans and by himself every time he goes out onto the pitch.
‘I’m someone who does my thing and I don’t look back or forward, I just live day by day and I just want to do what people expect of me,’ he says.
‘I just want that when people watch me, they see someone who is not afraid to give everything. I’m gladiatorial and that’s how I have built my life and my career. Those are my values. Gladiatorial. Soldier. It’s like this that I built my life and my career and I think that will stay with me all my life, because they are values that I had since I was young.’
The France international also speaks about his admiration for Cole Palmer’s cool head, and then discusses the need to match that characteristic with a touch of fire, something he brings to the pitch in abundance.
‘When you see that Cole can be ice, I would say that I’m more the fire. To be like this, I think it puts an energy into the team and around the stadium also – the fans. I think they like to have this kind of reaction, so I think it’s good to be like this because you can show to the other players that you are feeling the…
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Author : Simon Phillips
Publish date : 2024-04-15 10:42:00
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