Baines pushes the boundaries by staying put at Everton

, 18 April, 0comments  |  Jump to most recent
An excellent interview with Leighton Baines by Daniel Taylor in The Guardian where he talks of Roberto Martinez's relentless positivity, commitment to attacking football and how he got this point in his career via Wigan.
"But the idea is we stick to it, keep the ball and build. What the manager says is: 'We're going to get so good at what we do, we're not going to compromise that, we're going to stick to our principles and just get better because the top sides, the really top teams who have mastered this way, are the ones that gets success.'"

Pressed on who he means, Baines continues: "I'm reluctant to say Barcelona or Bayern Munich, but it is based round those principles. We're trying to gain an advantage in what we do. It's attacking football, and we just have to trust ourselves."

» Read the full article at The Guardian





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