Michael Keane says he didn't want to leave the house last season | OneFootball

Everton’s Michael Keane has played his way back into Gareth Southgate’s England squad after missing out for over a year.

The 25-year-old, who has four caps to his name, struggled mightily as Everton went through three managers in his first season after his €29m summer move from Burnley.

“When you’ve had a bad game, you don’t want to go out for dinner,” said Keane.

“I’ve never been out when people have shouted abuse at me. But there were a few months when things were going really badly and I did not really want to go and do things out of the house.”

Keane was signed by Ronald Koeman, who was sacked in October 2017 and replaced by the Everton’s U-23 coach David Unsworth on a caretaker basis.

A month later, Sam Allardyce agreed to take over and led Everton to a remarkable eighth-placed league finish.

He was replaced by Marco Silva after Big Sam was surprisingly sacked.

“It is really sad when managers get sacked and they talk to you for the last time and you see how visibly upset they are.

“That gets to you and makes you feel guilty and you want to make sure it does not happen again. We had three managers in the end and it was difficult: All the change constantly happening.

“Although it wasn’t a great year, I took a lot from it.

“I learned a lot about myself. I’m probably mentally stronger and developed that thick skin because a lot gets said about you when things aren’t going well.

“You’ve just got to learn to deal with it and try to not let it affect you and that’s something I can take from it. Now I can sit here in the England camp and says I’ve come through that.”