‘We’re so close to something very special’ – Phil Neville positive about the future at Everton

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Everton captain Phil Neville believes the future is bright at Goodison Park despite admitting that last season was something of a disappointment with the Toffees ending the campaign in seventh place.

Speaking to evertontv, the former Manchester United man insisted there were many positives to be taken from last season, arguing that the club were laying solid foundations on which to build future success.

“I think if you ask a lot of Evertonians I think they’d be quite disappointed with the season. I think the manager would be and I think the players would be,” he explained.

“There’s been a lot of negativity surrounding the club this season but we should snap out of that. We finished seventh in the table, we finished eighth the season before that so in terms of league position we’ve improved on last season.

“I think we’re so close to something very special here, the positives we can take out of this season and the foundations are as strong as ever, the spirit and the togetherness of the manager, the players, the staff, the supporters, the whole club is still there.

“As long as you’ve got that foundation you can always be positive.”

Neville also pointed to the quality of the young players at Everton as proof that the club had plenty to look forward to and urged fans and players alike, to stay positive.

“The Under-18s have just won the Youth League, we’ve got young players coming through, a manager who is not afraid to blood young players and I think the future is bright,” he added.

“Yes we’ve had disappointments this year, probably more disappointments than the good bits but we can still look back on this year and be proud that we’ve recovered well from a bad start.

“We’ve finished the season strongly we’re in seventh place in the league, we’ve beaten some very good teams and we’ve played some fantastic football. Maybe we should concentrate on the positives rather than the negatives.”