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Everton's Abdoulaye Doucoure celebrates scoring during the English Premier League shot lucifer betwixt Everton and Leicester City astatine Goodison Park, Liverpool, England, Saturday Feb. 1, 2025. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
Everton subordinate Abdoulaye Doucoure precocious blasted erstwhile manager Frank Lampard for his attraction of him successful the ex-England international’s stint astatine the Merseyside club. Doucoure, who was a salient portion of Lampard’s plans erstwhile helium archetypal started arsenic manager successful 2022, fell retired of favour astatine the opening of the 2023-24 Premier League season. He did not commencement a lucifer until the January of 2023 erstwhile Lampard was sacked.
“He did not spot me. I truly bash not recognize due to the fact that this was my worst acquisition with the manager. Every manager started me, each manager trusted me. Frank Lampard was the lone 1 who did not spot maine and I deliberation helium made a mistake with me,” Doucoure said successful an enactment with the Overlap.
“He was not just with me. He near maine connected the seat for truthful galore games and did not springiness maine a chance. It upset maine with him. There was nary connection betwixt maine and him. He didn’t spot maine and I deliberation helium made a mistake. I deliberation I proved him incorrect aft that due to the fact that nether the caller manager Sean Dyche I was the quality shaper successful the team. I deliberation for him helium was a large player, but arsenic a manager with Everton it was a large acquisition for him and I deliberation helium learned from that,” the Mali played added.
“He disrespected maine — Everton was a large lesson, and helium learnt from that!” 😬
Abdoulaye Doucoure connected his clip moving nether Frank Lampard 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/tz8vAno1lz
— The Overlap (@WeAreTheOverlap) February 10, 2025
Doucoure, who got a caller lease of beingness aft Sean Dyche was appointed arsenic Everton manager, said that the attraction that Lampard meted retired to him was disrespectful and it forced him to deliberation astir leaving the club.
“After 1 location crippled determination was a large statement betwixt maine and him and the time aft they said I can’t enactment with the squad – helium felt disrespected by maine successful beforehand of the players. They said I had to bid unsocial oregon with the U21s. I deliberation helium disrespected maine a small bit. I was precise adjacent [to leaving]. I did not privation it but the exit was precise close. It was heartbreaking,” helium said.
In the enactment front, Doucoure precocious scored the fastest extremity successful the Premier League this play — aft hardly 10 seconds.
On February 1, Doucoure ran straight onto a agelong clearance from goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and took the shot into his stride earlier shooting debased into the acold country to springiness Everton the pb against Leicester astatine Goodison Park. The extremity was timed astatine 10.18 seconds by the league’s statistic supplier, Opta.
According to Opta, it was the earliest Everton has ever scored successful the Premier League, the fourth-fastest extremity successful the competition’s past and the quickest ever by a location player.
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