Everton have snapped up striker Thierno Barry from Villarreal for a charge within the area of £27million.
The 6ft 5in centre ahead is a France Below-21 worldwide and scored 11 targets in La Liga final season because the Yellow Submarine completed in fifth place.
He’ll add top and physicality to an Everton squad that misplaced Dominic Calvert-Lewin on the finish of final season after he opted to hunt a recent begin elsewhere.
“I’m very completely happy,” Barry instructed evertontv after signing a four-year deal. “It’s very thrilling to be right here. I simply can’t wait to start out and I hope to start out in a short time.
“Everton is a giant membership within the Premier League. They’ve historical past and good gamers have performed right here, like Wayne Rooney and Romelu Lukaku. Once I was younger I favored to observe these gamers, now I need to do like these gamers who’ve gone earlier than.
“I had good conversations with the supervisor. He instructed me I’ve the standard to play within the Premier League. He desires to do good work with me. He desires to assist me on my street and I felt the sincerity with him in order that’s why I selected to come back right here as effectively.
“For me, it’s a dream to play within the Premier League. I feel I proved in my profession up to now that I can adapt. For instance, final season I went to LaLiga, which is a high league, and I feel I had season for my first season. I’m not scared to play right here and do the identical.”
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Barry to take centre stage at new stadium
Barry will now get the possibility to steer the road for Everton at their new Hill Dickinson Stadium.
“I feel the followers listed below are, like, loopy folks… I like this!” he added. “I like to attain for these folks. I simply need to play right here, rating and luxuriate in it with the followers.
“On the pitch I at all times give 100 per cent, I at all times need to rating, I at all times need to assist the staff to win. That is my character. For me, that is my meal, my meals. Once I rating, I’m very completely happy. I’ll at all times give 100 per cent on the pitch and attempt to rating targets.
“The stadium may be very large, it’s a tremendous stadium, and I’m wanting ahead to seeing the followers in right here.
“When the supervisor got here final season, I feel he modified a bit bit the staff and I really feel this and the brand new stadium, I feel the membership comes with a brand new ambition, so I need to play my half in that.”
Barry is the second signing for Everton this summer season after they made Charly Alcaraz’s mortgage deal everlasting.