Everton's ultimate goal remains Champions League qualification despite a poor run of recent form, insists Leighton Baines.
Leighton Baines says Everton are striving to become a side capable of reaching the Champions League.
Everton reached the qualifying stages of the competition under David Moyes in 2005, but failed to reach the group stages after a defeat to Villarreal and have been unable to get that close again, despite achieving five top-six finishes in the decade to follow.
The club sit seventh in the table this season under new boss Ronald Koeman, nine points behind leaders Chelsea and six adrift of Arsenal in fourth.