“You don’t know where football will take you next,” said Everton’s Iliman Ndiaye, a player whose remarkable journey so far has taken him from bare-footed dribbling on Senegal’s beaches to England’s amateur leagues and then, finally, the world’s biggest stage.So far, so good, you’d say.But then came the bit, as part of a wider interview with Sport Bible, that has drawn attention from Everton fans.“I want to be the best player and to do that you have to play at the top,” the 26-year-old said. “I want to be playing at the top level, playing Champions League football”.Social media has never been the most temperate of places. It is almost certainly not the best way of checking the pulse rate of an entire fanbase. And in any case, it is rare for a group as large and diverse as Everton’s to agree on, well, anything.But it is fair to say the quotes have struck a nerve among at least some supporters. You don’t have to look that far to find those who have turned against a former hero and are suggesting the Senegalese should be sold should the right offer come in.Quotes like these — as well as the subsequent reaction to them — make me a bit uneasy. Context is everything, and without being in the room for the interview, it is impossible to know who was pushing this particular agenda; whether Ndiaye was merely responding, as would be normal, to a question on his future or was actively seeking to highlight the uncertainty over his own future.My guess would be the former. Any reporter worth their salt would be asking the Everton man what comes next, particularly after The Athletic detailed his rejection of multiple contract offers. I would have done the same, had I been in that position.