Everton striker Neal Maupay has conceded that he had a tough first season at the club.

The former Brighton attacker arrived when Frank Lampard was still the manager.

However, Lampard was sacked and replaced by Sean Dyche, who oversaw an improvement that eventually kept the Toffees in the Premier League.

"Yes, it was complicated," he said of his season in an interview with Nice Matin.

"Like I said, we got off to a pretty good start. Then afterwards, we had a less good period. It's true in England, they don't have the time. In England, you lose three or four games in a row and there is pressure from the club's supporters, especially Everton over the last five or six years. I was saying Nice changed six coaches but, Everton, it must be 20.

"Last year, Lampard had arrived four months from the end of the season, the club was already bad. This year, the plan was to re-establish itself at the top of the table, in the first part of the table, especially with the squad we have at Everton.

"They didn't give him time. We changed coaches in January, in the middle of the season suddenly, and it's a change of course. In the end, we ensured the maintenance [in the league]. I hope that next year, with real preparation, we will be able to bounce back."