Diniyar Bilyaletdinov is convinced of exciting times ahead for Everton.

With everyone fit, Bilyaletdinov is confident the Blues can reproduce the same kind of form.

"The second part of last season was really good for us but the first half was not so good because of all the injuries we had," he told the Liverpool Echo.

"That affected us. We played well in some games but in others we didn't have enough players available to do as well as we normally would, to take more points.

"Of course, the second part was much better than the first because we got some of our better players back from injury.

"Take Mikel Arteta for example. He is a central midfielder who helps us play well with his passing from the middle of the pitch.

"Our style of play was different in the second half of the season."