Nathan Patterson insists he knows what Sean Dyche demands from his full-backs after having to bide his time to get a chance under the new Everton manager.
Following his £12million transfer from Rangers on January 4 last year – 12 days before Rafael Benitez was sacked – the Scotland international only played 45 minutes of football for the Blues that season under the Spaniards’ successor Frank Lampard against non-League Boreham Wood in the FA Cup.
Patterson’s long-awaited Premier League debut came seven months after signing when he started against Chelsea on the opening day of the 2022/23 campaign. But despite playing 15 matches under Lampard, he wasn’t included in Dyche’s starting 11 until the emphatic 5-1 victory at Brighton & Hove Albion on May 8.
