Lucas Digne has intensified his hostile relations with Rafa Benitez by accusing the former Everton manager of "protecting himself" with made-up claims to the media.
Digne, 28, left the Toffees to join Aston Villa in the January transfer window after a bitter disagreement with Benitez which resulted in his exclusion from the matchday squad. The left-back had been one of Everton's most important players following his arrival from Barcelona in 2018 but Benitez dropped him and later explained this was because he was "thinking about leaving".
The Spaniard also accused his player of putting individual statistics ahead of the team and he was duly sold for £25million to the club's Premier League rivals. In his parting message to the Goodison Park faithful, Digne said: "Sometimes it only takes one person from outside to destroy a beautiful love affair."
