Baines: No quick fix for Koeman

Leighton Baines says Everton are aiming for the Champions League but warned Ronald Koeman cannot be expected to turn things around quickly.

Koeman enjoyed an excellent start to his Everton career, winning four of his first five Premier League matches.

But, ahead of their visit to Southampton on Super Sunday, the Merseyside club have won just once in their subsequent seven league games.

They sit seventh in the table, five points better off than Koeman’s former club, with the Dutchman set to return to St Mary’s on Sunday for the first time since his departure last summer.

Baines insists Everton’s long-term ambition remains to qualify for the Champions League, but admitted it will take time for Koeman to implement his style of football.

“We were all impressed when he [Koeman] first came in and we made a good start,” Baines told Soccer Saturday. “It was just a case of him reinstalling the fundamentals and the things we had come away from.

“But it’s not a quick fix. It takes time …

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