Everton have been blessed in terms of their full-backs for a long time.
Seamus Coleman, Leighton Baines, Lucas Digne. At their respective peaks, they could have all walked into most teams in the division and improved them, with them all managing to create a number of important and memorable moments throughout their spells at Goodison Park.
But, the time had come for the Blues to move in a new direction. The latter or that trio moved on to Aston Villa after what was a controversial fall-out with Rafael Benitez, while his predecessor in that position had confirmed his retirement at the end of the 2019/20 campaign to move into a coaching role.
