Lucas Digne: Everton sign full-back from Barcelona for £18m
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Everton have announced the signing of left-back Lucas Digne from Barcelona on a five-year deal for £18m.
The 25-year-old joined Barca from Paris St-Germain in 2016, and won La Liga and Ligue 1 titles with his former clubs.
He has 21 international caps for France and was on standby for the World Cup winners earlier this summer.
"Everton is a big club with a great history. I want to play games, win games and excite the fans with the quality of our football," Digne said.
"I want to show my best football here and discover the best league in the world. Everybody loves the Premier League. I am loving the fact I am coming here.
"I am not afraid, I am excited. For me, it is a new challenge to discover a country, a league, people and a great club such as Everton. It is fabulous."
Digne - who also spent a year on loan at Roma - made 46 appearances for Barcelona.
He bid farewell to the Catalan giants in an Instagram post on Sunday in which he thanked the staff for making the club "a family".
Digne is new manager Marco Silva's second major signing this summer following the arrival of Brazilian Richarlison from Watford.
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I tip my hat to you sir
"I'm not sure what the point of Everton is. Does anyone know? They're just the embarrassing poor cousins. Tiny club, with awful (mostly unemployed) fans, disgrace of a stadium (you can smell the foul stench from it if you're within a mile of it), and as a club it just has losing in its DNA. "
I'm detecting Liverpool fan from Guildford? Reading at a push?
Thanks for them words, funny thing is thought true supporters of Liverpool and Everton are quite similar i.e. scousers, most families around Liverpool have a foot in both camps so I don’t really get where your coming from. recent tragedies have shown that the city is quite united despite the difference of opinions on the football pitch.
You clearly know nothing about football. Everton hanging around lower half? :
2004-05 4th
2005-06 11th
2006-07 6th
2007-08 5th
2008-09 5th
2009-10 8th
2010-11 7th
2011-12 7th
2012-13 6th
2013-14 5th
2014-15 11th
2015-16 11th
Everton have amassed more points in the top flight of English football than any club ever. You were probably born in 1998 tho?
Bonne chance Lucas - can you place centre half as well?
'How much for a Barcelona bench warmer?'
Wasn't Mo Salah a bench warmer at Chelski...And Lukaku the same?
Done alright since haven't they!