Theo Walcott completes move to Everton from Arsenal and signs three-and-a-half year deal
The 28-year-old England international becomes the club’s second signing of the January transfer window
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Your support makes all the difference.Everton have completed the signing of Theo Walcott from Arsenal on a three-and-a-half-year contract.
The Merseyside club announced the capture of the 28-year-old England international on their official Twitter feed.
The fee is undisclosed but the Toffees' second signing of the January transfer window reportedly cost them £20million.
“I've come to Everton because I want the club to push to the next level,” the England international said on his new club's website.
“I'm very excited to be starting a new chapter and I felt this was the right place for me to be. The manager (Sam Allardyce) is very ambitious and I feel like the club is going in the right direction.
“Everton is a club with a great history. The fans are always passionate, they're great and I always used to find it very tough playing here.
“The club has won trophies but I want them to win trophies now. The manager is very hungry and it's just what I need. I've had a couple of chats with him and straightaway I felt that hunger and that desire that he wanted from me. I need that and I wanted that.
“I'm dead excited and I just want to do what I do best which is playing football and expressing myself because I'm excited again, I really am.”
The move brings to an end Walcott's 12-year spell at Arsenal, for whom he scored 108 goals in 397 appearances.
Arsenal said in a statement: “We all thank Theo for his contribution to the club and wish him well for the future.”
Everton boss Sam Allardyce has already strengthened his forward line with the purchase of £28million Beskitas striker Cenk Tosun.
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