'I will make this guy shut his mouth' - Beto on 'haters'
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Everton striker Beto says he needs to "have haters" and people "criticising" him in order to prove them wrong - and admits he struggled to adjust during his first season in the Premier League.
The 26-year-old joined the club from Udinese for £25m last summer, having scored 10 goals for the Serie A side the previous season.
The Portuguese frontman enjoyed a dream Toffees debut by scoring against Doncaster in the Carabao Cup in August but netted only four further goals last season.
When asked whether the criticism he receives on social media is a source of motivation for him, Beto told Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sport: "We need to understand one thing: football is simple.
"We play football in our lives. They are working like eight or 12-hour shifts and they come [to watch].
"Not everybody in this life is going to love you and not everybody in this life is going to hate you. In this sports life, for me, it's OK.
"Sometimes I like to read my comments when I played badly or missed chances. They will say: 'Beto is [expletive] with missing chances', but I like it because I say: 'OK, I will make this guy shut his mouth'.
"I take it personal too. When I'm in training the next week or the next day, I remember it and I say: 'No, this guy is not going to say this about me anymore' and I keep going."