Lucas Digne Explains Why He 'Pleaded' With Barcelona to Let Him Join Everton This Summer

​Lucas Digne says Marco Silva's project at Everton was what convinced him to ditch Catalonia for Merseyside in the summer, but he had to plead with higher ups at Barcelona to let the move go ahead. The 25 year old left back was highly thought of at Barcelona, and the reigning Spanish champions were not keen to let him go, before eventually giving in to Everton's £18m advances. And according to Digne, while ​Barcelona took some persuading, he had such a good feeling about ​Everton that he was... Via All the latest breaking football news, transfer rumours, analysis, and match reports - 90min http://www.90min.com/