Stunning strikes against Manchester United and Portsmouth underline his potential, but the winger admits seven goals from 34 appearances falls short of his personal expectations.

He says a rest and a ful pre-season with Everton will help him show what he is really capable of.

“Having a proper pre-season with Everton will help,” said Bilyaletdinov. “I have a lot more to show. I know that I can do more and want to show it.

“I need to progress here. I want to score more goals and create more assists next season. This season has gone now. But I look forward and want to take more from next season.

“I hear the pre-season is very hard here. In the Russian Premier League we had two months pre-season, in January and February. Here in England we have just one-and-a-half months.

“It is harder work too, with up to three training sessions in a day. But that’s okay.”

Meanwhile, Everton have confirmed they are close to securing a new long-term contract with Tim Cahill.

The Australia international has two years to run on his existing contract but Goodison chiefs have been keen to extend that deal, and are now confident the 30-year-old will sign a new four-year deal before the World Cup kicks-off in South Africa next month.

Chief executive Robert Elstone said: “We are at an advanced stage of negotiation with Tim and his representatives and we would be hopeful of concluding an extension to Tim’s current deal and put pen to paper on a new four-year contract before he departs for the World Cup.”