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Oumar Niasse has opened up about his “difficult” time at Everton – and has not ruled out making his loan move to Hull City a permanent one.

The Senegalese striker scored twice to give the Tigers victory over Swansea in a vital relegation scrap on Saturday.

Having failed to find the net in seven appearances following a £13.5m move to Everton in January 2016, the 26-year-old has now scored four times in 10 games since moving to the KCOM Stadium.

Hull have the option to make the move permanent at the end of the season, though much will depend on whether they can keep themselves in the Premier League.

For now though, Niasse is happy just to be playing and enjoying his football again.

“It was a difficult time at Everton,” he said. “I was like standing in the dressing room with the under-23s playing with them, travelling with them all the time.

“It was difficult, but I always kept smiling and always kept a positive mind to start again.

“But it’s also a little bit complicated because of the position of (Hull), but we have to enjoy the football.

“If we enjoy the football, the rest can come. We have had luck (against Swansea), but the positive thoughts we have are going to make us happy and feel like we can win some points.”

On the idea of a permanent transfer to Humberside, Niasse added: “It’s going to depend on my performances.

“But I think now the focus is to play the good football, to try to help the club stay in the league. We know anything can happen in the premier league, anyone can beat anyone so we just have to believe in ourselves.

“If we play to our quality and fight, every time we can take points from every match.

“Sometimes we have lost concentration and sometimes we were unlucky, but every time the most important thing is we talk to each other and help each other.”