Dwight McNeil has credited Sean Dyche with helping to restore his confidence and believes the reunion with his former boss was the key ingredient to transforming his fortunes at Everton.
Dyche handed McNeil his debut as an 18-year-old and the pair spent four seasons together at Turf Moor before the Clarets sacked their manager in April and, following relegation, the forward moved to Goodison Park last summer.
McNeil joined Everton on a five-year contract for a fee that could reach £20m, and he scored twice in an eye-catching cameo against Dynamo Kyiv in his first game for the club. However, the winger, who admitted last summer that his confidence had deteriorated in tandem with Burnley’s toils, struggled to nail down a place in Frank Lampard’s starting line-up.
