“We’re told so often that the intangible and often fluctuating attribute of confidence is such an important factor for elite footballers but that’s one area where Anthony Gordon has never been found lacking.
Early last season, the then still teenage Scouser was knocking on three times Champions League-winning manager Carlo Ancelotti’s door to ask why he’d been left out of the Everton squad on the opening weekend of the campaign.
On that occasion the Italian – not particularly well known for placing his faith in youth – nevertheless claimed that he “loved” that kind of attitude from the Blues home grown hero”