Duffy enjoying life on loan, but still feeling Blue

From the sleepy town of Yeovil, Shane Duffy has set himself a target of extending Everton’s Irish brigade to a quartet.

Seamus Coleman, who first broke into the Toffees first-team alongside Duffy four years ago, and James McCarthy showed at Old Trafford on Wednesday just why Roberto Martinez considers them the backbone of his revolution.

Another Irishman, midfielder Darron Gibson, is a centrepiece to the Spaniard’s vision, only for an early-season injury to deprive the Derryman of a chance to show United what they’re missing.