OFFICIAL: Everton secure Richarlison deal

Winger Richarlison has been reunited with former manager Marco Silva at Everton after completing a reported £40million move from Watford.

Richarlison has put pen to paper on a deal that will see him stay with the Toffees until 2023.

He told the club website: "I want to have a lot of success with Everton. I think it is going to be important for me here to be with Marco Silva again. I will learn more because I am still learning as a player and I aim to develop and grow here."

"Everton have put their faith in me and I intend to honour this shirt and demonstrate on the pitch why I came here. I've known the manager for a while, obviously, so I know how he works."

"I developed really well with him while he was with me at Watford. It was really good working with him and one day I believe he can help me to be selected for Brazil in the full national team."

"But that is for the future and my present is here with Everton. I want my dreams to become a reality here at one of the biggest clubs in England."

Richarlison will be Silva's first signing as the Everton boss, and he thinks that the Brazilian will be a good fit:

"He is one more player who can help us," Silva told the club website.

"He is a good player who will make our team and our squad more competitive."

"The competition between our players is really important to me. This is what will make us better as a club, always that competition within the squad."

"The player himself is fast, strong, very good technically and he can play in three positions across the front line. He can also score goals. Evertonians will see a player who will be 100 per cent committed to helping our team always."

 

July 24, 2018