Ashley Williams has lifted the lid on how Everton was the "worst dressing room for him to walk into" following his move from Swansea City.
Williams moved to Merseyside in the summer of 2016 and quickly established himself as a regular in Ronald Koeman's side.
The former Wales international made 73 appearances across his three-year spell with the club, with his last season as an Everton player being spent on loan with Stoke City.
But before his arrival at Goodison Park, Williams had already established himself as a somewhat controversial figure in the game due to his on-field approach.
And the former defender has now revealed how that approach before joining the club meant it wasn’t all smiles when he first stepped foot into the Everton dressing room.
“The funny thing about that move is that I've always been quite a fiery character on the pitch; the pantomime villain if you like,” he told Ladbrokes.
“Everton was a team that I just did not get on with at all, so when I found out they were interested it was just bizarre.
“If I was ever likely to fight with players from any team, it would've been Everton – guaranteed.”
Before the Welshman continued: “I remember pulling up at Finch Farm for my medical and the first player I bump into is Seamus Coleman, one of my biggest enemies.
“He looked at me, I look at him, we both say hello, he obviously knows I'm signing. It was just frosty.
“We go into the changing room, I see James McCarthy, Leighton Baines, so many players I've had rows with over the years. I'm sat there thinking this couldn't have gone worse.
“On paper I probably couldn't have chose a worse team's dressing room to walk into, because I know they all disliked me, I kind of disliked all of them, and we've had so many arguments over the years.
“But after a few months you're really good friends. We still speak to this day and we're such good friends, but I remember just sitting there in those first few days thinking 'what have I done'."
