I would be like Phil Foden or Bukayo Saka if I played for Everton now

“Andrei was a funny character and a good man, a sweet man and a damn good football player. He’s done a great job for Everton.”

One of the highlights for the pair was the 2-1 win in the Merseyside derby against Liverpool at Anfield on 18 November 1995, in which Kanchelskis scored his first two goals for the club and Limpar set up his second.

Limpar said: “In recent years I’ve been at Anfield when we were beaten 5-2 – that wasn’t fun – and another time when Liverpool won 2-0. “For some reason we’re playing Liverpool in Goodison good but struggling to get there.

“I remember once we were chatting before a derby at Bellefield and Andrei said: ‘Liverpool? This is nothing!’ That was because he came from Manchester United, who seemed to beat them every time.

“It was nothing for him but for an Evertonian like Dave Watson it was a really big deal. The rest of us gave it our all but we still enjoyed a great game at Anfield as we won 2-1. This game stands out for me from my time at Everton, along with the 4-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup semi-final.”

Although Limpar had been used as a complement behind the striker at Cremonese, he was voted the third best foreign player in Serie A in 1989/90, behind Diego Maradona and Lothar Matthäus, who was due to play in the World Cup final that summer, when Arsenal arrived in England left, he was told his role had to change. Limpar said: “For me, as a skilful, quick winger who couldn’t attack or defend, having players like Barry Horne, John Ebbrell and Joe Parkinson or (at Arsenal) Mickey Thomas and Paul Davis is the dream for me Andrei and me.

“As good players, if they do their job with hard tackling and make the ball available to us on the wings, then it’s easy to play.

“I played as a number 10 in Italy against centre-backs but that was different as I never attacked. In my first conversation with George Graham when he wanted to sign me, he said: “I’ll play you as a winger.” I told him: “I’m number 10, I’ll play at centre.”

“He immediately says: ‘Anders, you can’t attack, in England you have to play on the wing.’ It was that simple, but back then it was much more difficult.”

Although Royle described Limpar as “a football genius” and the most talented player he ever worked with, his total of six goals in 82 games for Everton was hardly productive. Even though the former winger’s role was – as he admits – more about taking advantage of opportunities for others than doing things for himself, the 59-year-old believes he will have a lot more fun in today’s Premier League would.

Limpar said: “It would have suited me much more to play in the Premier League now because I was a player who could pass and receive the ball really well. I had a good feel and a good vision.

“The style of play would have suited me much more now. I could imagine like Jeremy Doku, Phil Foden, Bukayo Saka or Gabriel Martinelli, who always attack and don’t have to defend.

“I had to defend a bit because it was different football back then. It happened a lot faster, we passed the ball from the full-backs to the strikers in the 90s.

“You hardly see that anymore with the top teams. They play from the back four to the midfield to the wingers.

“I probably would have scored more goals if I had played now and I’m sure I would have made more assists too because you hardly see Foden or Doku crossing the ball, that’s very rare.” Same thing applies to Saka, he goes on goal, so it’s a completely different game.”

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