Isaac Success has opened up on his difficult relationship with Marco Silva ahead of Watford’s meeting with Everton.

The forward rarely featured under Silva after suffering with both injury and off field problems and has only just begun to establish himself at Vicarage Road.

Success has enjoyed a run of games in recent weeks and could well play some part when Watford take on Silva’s Everton on Merseyside tonight.

The Nigerian admits to finding life tough at Watford when Silva was at the helm as the Portuguese tended to use alternative options in attack.

“I won’t lie I was having difficulties and I thought English football wasn’t for me,” Success told the Daily Mail.

“The coach didn’t really believe in me. I wasn’t fit enough. I wasn’t ready physically or mentally. Coming back from injury and all, I was frustrated. All the other players were really sharp and doing well.

“It was difficult to get my chance and I wanted games to lose some weight and get back all I’d lost. My career stood still. Being alone, not feeling my future was safe, that worried me. Mentally I wasn’t OK.”

Success is refreshingly honest when addressing the subject of his Watford career so far and accepts he is partly responsible for his struggles.

A renewed work ethic has helped Success make more of an impact of Watford’s first XI this season and the 22-year-old is feeling revitalised this term.

He said: “I made mistakes because I wasn’t working hard and needed to concentrate more. I’ll always be the same person but I needed to reduce everything I was doing.

“I stuck to my plan. When you’re fit it is more difficult to get injured and, if you’re injured you recover on time.

“This season is going well because physically I’m fine. I lost a couple kilos and that made me faster and stronger. I feel sharper.”