Everton currently sit seventh in the Premier League table, but they are actually only three points behind fifth-place Manchester United as the business end of the campaign draws closer.
The Toffees have played two games more than both fifth-place Man United and sixth-place Arsenal, however, which suggests that it is going to take something special for the Merseyside outfit to finish in the top five in the 2016-17 campaign.
Everton centre-back Ashley Williams has insisted that “fifth place is a realistic aim” though, and the Welshman is confident that his team have the credentials needed to finish just outside the Champions League positions this term.
Williams told The Mirror:
“Yeah, I think fifth place is a realistic aim. That’s what we’re trying to do, obviously whether we achieve it or not depends on what the others do as well.
“But all we can do is look after our own games, and we’ve been doing that. We have to keep going – sometimes it’s important to just get the win and grind out a game.”
Everton have collected seven points from their three Premier League matches since losing at Liverpool at the start of April, although they have a tough run from now until the end of the season.
Indeed, after travelling to West Ham United on April 22, Ronald Koeman’s side will host Chelsea, whilst their final game of the 2016-17 campaign is away to Arsenal on May 21.
