- Beto has scored 9 goals this season, the most for Everton.
- Beto has one year remaining on his contract at Everton.
- The Guinea-Bissau forward has turned down transfer speculation.
Beto has been Everton’s most prolific forward this season. The Guinea-Bissau striker, who joined the Toffees from Udinese for £25.8m, has scored nine Premier League goals. His 9 goals make him Everton’s top scorer player this campaign. However, he is set to enter the final 12 months of his current contract this summer, adding a layer of uncertainty to his future.
Ahead of Sunday’s final home game against Sunderland, Beto sat down with the Liverpool ECHO. He discussed his red‑hot form, his mental growth, and the speculation surrounding his future.
‘I’m cleverer in my play’, Beto on his improvement
The 27‑year‑old believes he is in the best period of form in his Everton career. “This is the best period of form because I’m better than I was last season. Last season, I was confident and everything but now, even if I’m not 100% fit, I can read the game more and I can analyse the game more.
“I’m cleverer in my play, I understand my body more and I understand the Premier League better and how it works. This isn’t just physically, because mentally I have improved from last season.”
Beto revealed the work he has put in behind the scenes. “It’s not just the last few months. I’ve been working since the beginning of the off season. I analyse games, I have a small team of two or three people, we analyse the games, we see the games and I come back to the club and do the work as well as working at home. I’m trying to get better in every aspect.
“In the first half of the season, I was still working but I wasn’t scoring. You’re not going to score every time so this is why I asked God to give me the strength to handle the pressure and the difficulties, and I will do the rest.”
‘It’s tough love’, Beto on David Moyes and transfer speculation
The striker also opened up about how demanding David Moyes is as a manager. “It’s tough love. Gana and my friends they all say: ‘It’s tough love,’ because with me there are no nice words, it’s: ‘Keep going, do it better, you need to score, you need to receive, tighten it up’. It’s like this with him and me but I understand he wants me to get better, and better and better in these type of moments to celebrate with the team. I know he was happy when I scored.”
On the constant transfer speculation that seems to follow him every January, Beto was philosophical. “Every January, it’s the story of my life. I’m not even bothered about that, I don’t get angry or anything because I have big faith in God and I know he is going to protect me and give me strength to handle every type of pressure.
“If people think that I am not able to be here, it’s okay, it’s life. I’m just blessed to be here and play for Everton, I have the number nine and what more can I ask for?”
When asked about his future beyond this season, Beto refused to look too far ahead. “I just want to win against Sunderland. I don’t think too far. When it’s finished, it’s finished. I don’t know the future, I still have a contract, so that’s it.”
With six goals in his last six games, Beto is Everton’s man of the moment. Whether he stays or goes, he is set to finish the season strongly, starting with Sunderland.
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