Everton boss Marco Silva admits Morgan Schneiderlin is suffering a confidence crisis.
The midfielder has made only four league starts this season with Silva leaving Schneiderlin out of the matchday squad 10 times.
"I don't have doubts about his quality as a player," Silva told the Liverpool Echo.
"I don't have doubts.
"I understand that there may be doubts in the mind of some people but I don't have doubts about the quality Morgan Schneiderlin has as a football player but, for one reason or another, they don't perform in the way they and we want, so we are here to rediscover his confidence."
Asked if he was seeing the same confidence issues in the player as Everton's previous managers had, he replied: "I can see, I have to be honest.
"It has been, until now, one of the biggest challenges I have when you talk about individual players.
"As you know, I like him as a football player and my profile of the No6, as I already told you, he has very, very good skills for that position.
"We are here to help him play in the starting XI in all our matches if he deserves that. We have quality in that position with Gana and Andre and other players.
"One of the keys for players, in my opinion, is confidence because without confidence you cannot perform and show your normal level."