Lucas Digne has lifted the lid on just how Leighton Baines helped him to settle at Everton.
The left-back made the move to Goodison Park from Barcelona in the summer and wasted no time impressing the Blues supporters and new manager Marco Silva .
Given the tough task of replacing the long-serving Baines in the starting lineup, the French international got right to work and hasn't looked back - establishing himself as a front runner for Everton's Player of the Season award.
However, the defender knows he couldn't have done it without his experienced teammate's help.
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"We have a really good relationship,” Digne told the Daily Star when asked about Baines.
"He gave me a lot of advice before games, sometimes when I didn’t know the players or the team, he helped me a lot. He gave me the advice for the player.
"He would say, ‘Be careful of him he likes to drive the ball, he likes to go inside’. He’s a legend.
"It’s a privilege for me to have a player like Leighton help me. He can help me a lot like Jordi Alba helped me at Barcelona.
"The competition has made me a better player. He’s a very good player and when you have a good player with you then you need to push up a level."
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Digne left Barcelona having played with some of the world's best players during his time at the Catalan giants.
Lionel Messi in particular was a player the French international would have been marking throughout training sessions - and the Everton man knows he learned a lot from those experiences.
Digne added: "When you train against the best player in the world you learn a lot because you are playing against the best,"
"You need to move fast, do everything fast and better, you can’t miss something because if you do it’s a goal even if it’s only training.
"It’s really good if you’re a left back or a defender to play against this type of player.
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"He is playing on another planet. He sees everything before everyone else, he does everything fast, every time he makes a good decision, he’s the best.
"He’s a good guy, too. He spoke to me when I arrived at Barcelona, he spoke with a lot of players."
