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Marco Silva is a European manager with an “English” mindset to working hard in pre-season – according to a member of the Everton squad.

Striker Cenk Tosun bagged four goals as the Blues hammered hapless ATV Irdning in a club record 22-0 win in Saturday's opening summer friendly.

Tosun joined Everton in January and needed time – and the help of a warm weather training camp in Dubai – to get up to speed with the Premier League.

The Turkey international finished the season with five goals in 10 league starts and looked sharp in Irdning on Saturday as the Blues smashed a 133-year club record with the thumping of the fifth tier Austrian minnows.

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And Tosun believes that with a first full pre-season programme behind him under hard taskmaster Silva he will be firing on all cylinders for the new campaign.

“I had pre-seasons in Germany and in Turkey but this one is harder,” Tosun told evertonfc.com .

“He is a European manager but he thinks English. It feels great to play under him because he is always thinking offensively and it is perfect for a striker.

“I want to keep working hard under him and I’m looking forward to playing the first Premier League game.”

He added: “It feels nice to have a full pre-season with Everton. It helps me a lot because we are in every day with the lads. It feels nice. I joined in the winter and it was not easy for me. It was difficult to be straight into the Premier League but now with the pre-season I feel better, my body feels better. We have a hard pre-season but this is important for the league.”