Leighton Baines has set his sights on establishing himself in Everton's first team next season after an injury-hit debut campaign at Goodison.The summer signing from Wigan only made 28 appearances mainly due to a niggling ankle injury which saw him go under the knife two weeks ago.

He told evertonTV: "It's important for me to get back playing more regularly than I did last season.

"Last season it was quite difficult because I'm used to playing regularly. Picking up injuries was a new thing for me as well so I think it's important for me next season to get a good number of games under my belt.

"At the end of last season I was already thinking about getting my ankle right for next season and I was just looking forward to having a good crack at it. I'm itching to get going now and I hope that the next few weeks will turn around pretty quickly."

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