Chris Wilder’s Blades will travel to Goodison Park on Saturday to face Marco Silva’s Toffees and Lundstram has a point to prove on Merseyside.
John Lundstram will return to Goodison Park with Sheffield United on Saturday and, speaking to the Premier League’s official website, the midfielder has admitted that he is desperate to prove a point to his former employers.
Liverpool-born Lundstram spent 13 years with the Toffees after joining the Merseyside giants at the age of eight but, unlike Wayne Rooney, Tom Davies, Leon Osman and co, he failed to make the transition from academy to the first-team.
The now-25-year-old failed to make a single appearance for Everton at senior level before the Premier League ever-presents decided to cut ties with him in 2015.
And, four years on, that is all the motivation Lundstram needs as he looks to help Sheffield United pick up just their second win of the new season on Saturday afternoon.
“You get a knock back at the time. I was gutted,” Lundstram admitted. “It was always my aim to get back up the leagues.
“To be honest, I was looking for Everton first (when the fixtures were announced). I can’t wait to go back there and hopefully prove people wrong.”
Lundstram has started every one of The Blades five top flight fixtures this season and it would be a major surprise if he was left out by Chris Wilder this weekend, particularly with his motivation at an all-time high.
Everton are clear favourites, however, having won every home game in the Premier League since a goalless draw with Liverpool on March 3.
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