Former England U16 coach Kenny Swain is delighted seeing Brendan Galloway get his chance at Everton.

Swain worked with Galloway with the England U16s.

Birkenhead-born Swain, who as a player won the League Championship and European Cup with Aston Villa, told the Liverpool Echo: “The pace of Brendan's development is probably the thing that surprises most people.

“Improvement can be slow or it can be quite rapid but that can be dictated quite often by an opportunity that arises or some faith given to you by a manager.

“They're the obstacles that you hit and you don't know what to expect.

“Brendan has obviously impressed at Everton and the fact that he was so coachable will probably have gone down well with all the staff.

“It doesn't surprise me that given this early opportunity, he has done well.

“He might have had to have waited a bit longer for his chance elsewhere but he's taken it and that's testimony to the work he's put in."