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Former Everton midfielder Leon Osman has had his say on the crisis that is engulfing his old club.

Osman, who scored 57 goals in 433 appearances for the Blues, admits the club has ‘lost its way’.

On the field the Blues are staring a relegation battle in the face after winning just one of their past 14 Premier League matches.

That woeful run of form led to the sacking of Rafa Benitez, who was able to sanction the departure of star left-back Lucas Digne to Aston Villa before he became the latest boss to be given the bullet by Farhad Moshiri.

As well as a first-team manager, Everton are also operating without a director of football after Marcel Brands left the club before Christmas.

It’s against that backdrop that fed-up Blues fans have protested against the way the club is being run by owner Moshiri, chairman Bill Kenwright and the board.

“The board are working as well as they can,” Osman said on the BBC’s Football Daily Podcast ,

“Everyone connected with the football club is trying to succeed.

“Bill Kenwright, Farhad Moshiri, all the board are working tirelessly to make the club a success.

“It’s a club that’s lost its way, I don’t think there’s any other way of describing us at the moment.

“We’ve lost managers and we’ve lost directors of football. Now we’re losing the fans as well they’re