Everton boss criticises Yerry Mina's first season in England

Everton boss criticises Yerry Mina's first season in England

Yerry Mina, en el ojo del huracán
Yerry Mina, en el ojo del huracán | sport

The Colombian's not done well since leaving Barcelona last summer

Yerry Mina has had a tough first season in England and Everton coach Marco Silva has demanded more from the Colombian. 

Mina, who joined the Premier League club from Barcelona for 30 million euros last summer, is unable to get into the Everton side at the moment. 

"What I ask to see from him is more consistency at Finch Farm [training ground]," Silva said. "The first thing I hope is to see Yerry Mina working every day until the end of the season.

"His first season in the Premier League is completely different to everything that he had in his career playing in Colombia and after in Brazil and after in one club like Barcelona. Everything is completely different with what is happening in the Premier League."

In a more optimistic tone, Silva expressed hope that Mina can still be a hit at Everton: "But he can get to be a really important player for us. We believe in him and we spent the money on him because we believed in that moment he could be a very good solution for us.

"He has to adapt as soon as possible, as fast as possible to this competition, to the big challenges he will have every single match. But he has to be more consistent here and he has to have some luck [with injuries]."