Oumar Niasse continued his bid to change Ronald Koeman's mind and break into the Everton first-team with a hat-trick for the club's Under 23s on Monday night.
The £13.5million forward, who became the Toffees' third most expensive signing of all time in January, needed just 21 minutes to find the back of the net three times in a 6-3 win against Reading.
In an interview last week, Niasse revealed that he has not been given a locker with the club's youth team and was told by Koeman that he could find a new club after just 45 minutes of action in pre-season.