Everton Complete Busy Transfer Window With Alex Iwobi Signing
9th August 2019
The Nigeria international penned a five-year deal which was only announced more than four hours after the transfer deadline of 1700 local time (1600 GMT)
- Everton sealed the deadline-day signing of Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi on Thursday for a reported fee of £28 million ($40 million), completing a busy transfer window for the club
- The 23-year-old, capped 36 times by Nigeria, scored 15 goals in 149 appearances for Arsenal after making his first-team debut in 2015
- Everton finished eighth in the Premier League last term to miss out on European qualification in Silva's first season as boss
LONDON, United Kingdom- Everton sealed the deadline-day signing of Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi
on Thursday for a reported fee of £28 million ($40 million), completing a busy
transfer window for the club.
Nigeria
international Iwobi penned a five-year deal which was only announced more than
four hours after the transfer deadline of 1700 local time (1600 GMT).
The 23-year-old,
capped 36 times by Nigeria, scored 15 goals in 149 appearances for Arsenal
after making his first-team debut in 2015.
"He is still
young but already with a lot of top-level experience –- 100 Premier League
matches, more in Europe and many international games," said Everton
manager Marco Silva.
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Iwobi is the seventh
new arrival at Goodison Park in the close season, following Italy striker Moise
Kean -- who joined from Serie A champions Juventus for 27.5 million euros
($31m, £25m) -- right-back Djibril Sidibe, midfielders Andre Gomes, Fabian Delph
and Jean-Philippe Gbamin, as well as goalkeeper Jonas Lossl.
"Alex fits
exactly the profile of player I want in my model," added Silva.
"He is hungry
to join Everton and take the next step in his career, to help us compete with
the strongest teams in the league and reach his potential at our club."
Everton finished
eighth in the Premier League last term to miss out on European qualification in
Silva's first season as boss.