Alex Iwobi claimed he is fighting everyday to prove he is good enough to be playing for Everton.
Iwobi has started Everton’s last six Premier League games after initially struggling to impress at the start of the campaign.
“Every day I try to prove to myself I should be here, that I should be playing for Everton,” Iwobi told the club’s official website.
“That I should be in the starting XI. That I should be representing my country.
“I always have that motivation.
“Especially because of what my family went through for me to get where I am.
“It gives me that hunger to improve myself and I work every day to try to do that.
“I want to fight for not just me but the hundreds of thousands of Evertonians and the people who follow and support me.
“I feel I owe it to them to give 100 per cent every day.
“This Everton side is as good as the Arsenal teams I was in, absolutely.
“We have talented, international players, in the team and on the bench.
“The chemistry in the dressing room is great.
“We see the quality in training every day… it needs to consistently come out on the pitch and all of us know we can improve and offer more.”
